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Accurately estimating fish biomass in aquaculture is crucial. This study introduces a novel method using feeding data and a specialized neural network to estimate fish population size, overcoming limitations of traditional methods.

Area of Science:

  • Aquaculture Science
  • Computational Biology
  • Ecological Modeling

Background:

  • Accurate fish biomass estimation is vital for effective cage aquaculture management, impacting feeding strategies and production capacity.
  • Current acoustic and optical fish counting methods face accuracy issues due to fish occlusion and water turbidity in practical settings.
  • Limitations in traditional fish biomass assessment necessitate innovative approaches for reliable population estimation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel method for estimating fish population size in cage aquaculture using dynamic feeding information.
  • To integrate environmental and biological factors, feed intake, and biomass into a predictive model.
  • To address the limitations of current fish counting technologies in turbid and occluded aquatic environments.
Keywords:
bio-environmental databioenergeticsfeed intakefish population estimationmachine learning

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Main Methods:

  • A 10-week feeding experiment collected multidimensional data on feed intake, growth, and environmental variables.
  • Developed a bioenergetics-informed radial basis function neural network (BE-PSO-RBF) model, optimized using particle swarm optimization (PSO).
  • Utilized empirical data to construct a dataset correlating feeding amounts with influential factors for model training and validation.

Main Results:

  • The developed BE-PSO-RBF model demonstrated robust generalization performance on 47 independent test samples.
  • Achieved a mean absolute error (MAE) of 26.82 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 35.62.
  • Reported a mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 4.14%, indicating high accuracy in population estimation.

Conclusions:

  • Feed-intake-based population estimation offers a feasible and complementary approach to traditional methods in cage aquaculture.
  • The novel BE-PSO-RBF model provides a reliable tool for fish population assessment, particularly in challenging aquatic conditions.
  • This study highlights the potential of integrating feeding dynamics with computational models for improved aquaculture management.