ABSTRACT
The oceans are becoming more important as food supplies. The aquaculture industry needs monitoring, forecasting and information about the environment because of demands from the market together with management needs. The SEAWATCH system consists of real time information of several parameters from the sea. The data is collected by sensors on buoys and transferred to OCEANOR via satellite. The information from the buoys and other sources including fish farms is analyzed, controlled and used together with numerical models. The information is distributed to users by data link, papers etc. The system is at the moment operating in Thailand, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Barents Sea. It has shown to be a useful tool for fish farmers, authorities, insurance companies and others.
