Stian Rognlid, CEO of Aquaticode.
Aquaticode has signed a commercial agreement with Ilknak under which it will provide its AquaLens systems, enabling AI-powered assessment and the physical sorting of juveniles at Ilknak's hatchery facilities in Turkey.
Ilknak is an aquaculture company specializing in the production of juveniles (fingerlings) of marine species, particularly sea bass and sea bream. Until now, these hatcheries have relied on manual visual assessment, which requires significant and variable labor.
AquaLens can phenotype and sort up to 300 million sea bass and sea bream using multi-sensor imaging and deep learning to assess each fish in real time and remove unviable individuals at the point of evaluation.
In this way, producers can physically remove weak or unviable fish at an early stage, reducing unnecessary use of feed, labor, and tank capacity, improving batch uniformity, and supporting better animal welfare from the earliest stages of production.
"We have always invested in the best available technology, and AquaLens gives us a level of individual insight that did not exist before. Applying it to 300 million fish represents a significant step forward in how we operate," said Georgios Meletiadis, CEO of Ilknak.
Additionally, Aquaticode is expanding its presence in Mediterranean aquaculture and continues working to improve biological consistency, resource efficiency, and animal welfare from the earliest stages of production.
"AquaLens brings a level of biological precision to hatchery production that was not previously possible at a commercial scale. We are proud to work with Ilknak and to deploy this technology where it can have a direct impact on outcomes," added Stian Rognlid, CEO of Aquaticode.
