Get clear insights into fisheries and aquaculture

Become part of the process.
Become part of the progress.

Fisheries and aquaculture: they could feed the growing world's population. But it's only a viable solution if we make it sustainable. That's where NextOcean comes in.

NextOcean is a 100% co-created service delivery platform.
We provide accurate, verifiable data on the impact of fisheries and aquaculture.

High-resolution data, to give you the clearest insights you can get.

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Earth observation services for sustainable fishing and aquaculture

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Monitor fishing activities and their impact

NextOcean provides statistics and analyses on fishing areas and fishing activities. We are working towards a continuous, automated, and systematic assessment of the impact of fishing activities. This serves as a support for in-situ inspections.

Trade sustainably, minimise bycatch and provide accurate ecolabelling

NextOcean uses Earth Observation data to monitor the location and performance of fisheries. We combine this with fisheries sector data to deliver meaningful certification of fish provenance and generate evidence of sustainability for ecolabelling.

Monitor aquaculture

NextOcean monitors the locations of aquaculture cages, environmental impacts of fish farms and provides an early warning tool for operational risks from plankton blooms and pollution events. This provides regulatory authorities and responsible farmers with a cost effective evidence-based solution to ensure the continued sustainability of aquaculture.

Plan for new aquaculture

NextOcean can help you to optimise new aquaculture facilities. Our services will enable you to find the ideal physical location, consider disease exposure and assess the potential environmental impact of new aquaculture. This will enable you to make informed management decisions.

NextOcean provides data on

Fisheries, Monitoring and Surveillance

Automated vessel monitoring using radar and optical data with analysis for illegal fishing
Also available using human quality checks

FMS Service

Characterisation of fishing areas

Potential fishing zones based on biophysical parameters'
Minimization of bycatch

CFA Service

Fishing Activity Indicator

AI driven provenance assessment from captures

FAI Service

Site Risk assessment

Marine pollution
Weather and ocean parameters

SRA Service

Fish Farm Impacts

Water quality
Impact on environment

FFI Service

Monitoring of Aquaculture Structures

Aquaculture structure detection from satellite radar
Aquaculture structure detection from optical data

MAS Service

Making way for a sustainable fishing future

A safer, cleaner, and more sustainable ocean. That's what we all want, right?

But the world's population grows - and so does the need for food. To keep up with demand, we have to produce more fish. Enter: fisheries and aquaculture. Regulations and inspections are needed to make sure they don't cause harm to our precious ocean environment.

How does NextOcean contribute to the path to sustainable fishing?

Our data helps prevent disease, minimize bycatch, verify and validate information on fisheries, and more. Easy to accesss and clear as day. No time, money, or energy wasted. Essentially, we provide data so that we know - not just think, but know - that we are all doing the best we can in an ever-changing world.

Our co-creation partners

The first developmental phase of NextOcean will be completed in collaboration with our partners - Autoridade Maritima Nacional, SINTEF, I2S and CoLab +ATLANTIC.

Meet the NextOcean service providers

NextOcean service providers span the entire European continent.

Our partners CLS, DEIMOS, IPMA and PML will define the service requirements and develop the 6 Earth observation services. NOVA will support them by implementing the go-to-market, sales, and sustainability strategies.