Oyster rafts lined up offshore, with islands behind

Ocean data

Ocean data: oyster raft positions for the people who run boats and the people who own rafts

This is an ocean information business, separate from our surface treatment. Using satellite data and a small beacon (IKAK) fixed to rafts, we are developing ways to know where oyster rafts are floating.

Uses with a page of their own

OceanMap

OceanMap: oyster raft positions on a boat’s screen, from satellites and beacons

For people who run boats (pleasure boats, fishing charters, fishing boats and others)
See the OceanMap page
IKAK

IKAK: a small beacon for oyster rafts

For raft owners (fishing cooperatives, oyster farmers, local governments) and the people who run boats near the rafts
See the IKAK page

Other waters and other uses

An oyster raft of bamboo poles afloat near an island

Other aquaculture waters (pearl and fish farming in Ehime and elsewhere)

We are considering taking the raft mapping we began with oyster rafts to other aquaculture waters, such as pearl and fish farming in Ehime.

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A pier in a fishing port, with a fishing boat moored

Overseas ports and national ocean data platforms

We are also considering providing raft position data to overseas ports and to national ocean data platforms.

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Watching over the sea (suspicious vessels and drifting objects)

The thinking is that once rafts and fishing gear whose positions are known are set aside, unfamiliar things such as suspicious vessels or driftwood become easier to pick out. We are considering using the data we gather in this kind of sea-monitoring analysis.

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