A COMPUTER-BASED NEURAL NETWORK MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTENSIVE AQUACULTURE

A COMPUTER-BASED MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM (MCS) PROGRAMMED WITH A NUMBER OF NEURAL NETWORKS IS PROPOSED FOR OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF AN EXISTING SEMI-CLOSED TANK SYSTEM FOR INTENSIVE AQUACULTURAL PRODUCTION OF SESSILE MARINE INVERTEBRATES FOR THEIR HIGH-VALUED METABOLITES FOR NEW MARINE PHARMACEUTICALS. THE AQUACULTURE SYSTEM WILL BE TESTED FOR CULTURE OF THE COLONIAL BRYOZOAN BUGULA NERITINA TO YIELD THE ANTICANCER COMPOUND BRYOSTATIN 1. NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTER PROGRAMS CAN HELP TO PREDICT THE COMPLEX BEHAVIOR OF INTENSIVELY-STOCKED TANKS, PONDS, OR EVEN OFFSHORE NET PEN AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS, PROVIDED THE REQUIRED PARAMETERS TO PROGRAM THE SYSTEM ARE MONITORED OFTEN ENOUGH WITH RELIABLE ELECTRONIC SENSORS TO GENERATE A RELIABLE OPERATIONS CONTROL PROGRAM.