Industrial Tech

Smart Aquaculture in Japan: How Ocean Sensors Are Revolutionizing Coastal Farming

Seafood in Japan is everywhere. Not just on plates. Not just in restaurants. Not just in sushi shops. It is in family meals. It is in markets. Life is part of a million lives and millions of people daily. The people who are actually making this possible are disappearing. Fishermen are aging. Fish stocks are changing. Weather is unpredictable. Imports keep rising. In 2024, Japan bought seafood worth around JP¥2 trillion. That is more than the value of everything caught or farmed in the country. The industry is at a breaking point. Smart Aquaculture or Smart Suisan tries to fix this. It mixes old fish farming with new tools. Sensors sit in cages and water. They measure oxygen, temperature, and other conditions. Buoys float and collect data. AI watches the…