AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Responsible Consumption & Production, Life Below Water
KEYWORDS
Tracking, underwater camera, oceans, fish
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Google X
WEBSITE
https://blog.x.company/introducing-tidal-1914257962c3
Tidal
A moonshot to protect the ocean and feed humanity sustainably
Our initial area of focus is on developing technologies that bring greater visibility and understanding of what’s happening under the water.
After spending lots of time out on the water, we’ve developed an underwater camera system and a set of machine perception tools that can detect and interpret fish behaviors not visible to the human eye. Our software can track and monitor thousands of individual fish over time, observe and log fish behaviors like eating, and collect environmental information like temperature and oxygen levels. This kind of information gives farmers the ability to track the health of their fish and make smarter decisions about how to manage the pens — like how much food to put in the pens, which we hope can help reduce both costs and pollution. We plan to apply what we’ve learned to other fields and problems, with the help of ocean health experts and other organizations eager to find new solutions to protect and preserve this precious resource.