Catfish is one of the most popular commodities in the
entire fish industry in Indonesia. The production of
catfish in 2017 was at 1.8 million fishes with the
expected growth of 38% yearly in Indonesia according to
the data from the Directory General of Fish Cultivation
under the Ministry of Marine and Fishery. The technology
and process that had been used for the production
process of catfish were very traditional. Two of the
main problems that appeared in farming a catfish were
feed efficiency and water quality that both will
determine the quality and quantity of the end
product.
The team designs an autonomous ship that has the ability to monitor water conditions and distribute feed to catfish. Several aspects of water quality that will be monitored are pH number, dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature, and water height. The data that the ship gathered from monitoring the water conditions will be sent using an IoT system to a dedicated website. The website itself later will give recommendations of action regarding the various aspects of water conditions that the system reads. For the distribution of the feed, the ship will have a dedicated thrower and the movement of the ship will follow waypoints that can be set to cover the entire area of the pool. This small act that the team did was to show our effort in helping to grow the fish cultivation sector that can support the economy of Indonesia’s local businesses.
For this research, the team cooperated with Karya Mina Utama which is a local fish business focusing on the commodity of catfish. This company was established in 1996 and already certified as a fish farming company from The Ministry of Marine and Fishery of Indonesia. Karya Mina Utama is located in Boyolali city of Indonesia just 1 hour from our campus. This local business is known for its great quality and its relatively high production of catfish. With 40 personnel, Karya Mina Utama can produce up to 10 tonnes of catfish.
Map of our location to Karya Mina Utama
this video was record on April 16, 2022
