fishRISE-DSS - USER GUIDE


Introduction

The purpose of fishRISE - Remote Intelligent Sustainable aquaculturE system for Fish is to increase economic social and environmental sustainability of aquaculture through the design and development of a wide methodological and technological framework for innovative in land-based and offshore aquaculture. The implementation of the framework solutions will follow a multidisciplinary approach to deal with the problem from multiple points of view by identifying excellent solutions in terms of methodologies and technologies. All developed solutions will contribute to the creation of 2 Prototypes of sustainable technology assisted production systems in land-based and offshore aquaculture. In order to give to the project a holistic structure, fishRISE aims to achieve 3 Macro Specific Objectives:

  • Food system: developing technologies and methodologies to ensure the quality of edible products and other biotechnological derivatives;
  • Health management system: ensuring farmed fish health and growth by monitoring and controlling the production environment;
  • Control and management system: ensuring the structural integrity and the relationship between farmed fish and the external environment.
fishRISE-DSS is a web application designed to monitor various environmental variables within a specified marine boundary. Users can set upper and lower thresholds for each variable and receive email notifications if any variable exceeds its threshold, enabling informed decision-making and timely responses. This guide will walk you through the process of getting started with fishRISE-DSS, including registration, login, logout, profile modification, and email notifications.


Registration

To create a fishRISE-DSS account, follow these steps:

  1. Fill out the registration page compiling the form with the required information. The fields are divided into three groups:
    • General User Information: Provide your username, password, and email address. All fields in this group are required.
    • Boundaries Box:Insert the boundaries box manually by providing minimum and maximum values of latitude and longitude, or select them through a map. If left empty, default values for the Mattinata zone will be used: [LAT MIN: 41.0, LAT MAX: 42.0, LON MIN: 15.0, LON MAX: 17.0].
    • Variables and Thresholds: Choose from the list of available variables the variable of interest. The possible variables are Sea Surface Temperature, Wave height, Currents, Dissolved oxygen and Dissolved oxygen saturation. For each selected variable, is possible to insert the minimum or maximum threshold values.
      If you want to add more than one variable click the botton "Add Variable" and insert the same information for the second variable as the first one. At least one variable is required for the creation of the account.

    It's important to ensure that every variable is selected from the list and the corresponding threshold values are provided.

  2. Click the "Register" button to create your account.

NOTE:

There is no tool available to reset the password if forgotten. Ensure to remember your password.

If there are any errors during form submission, such as an incorrect email address or a username already taken, fishRISE-DSS will provide guidance on resolving the issue. If no errors occur, a popup will confirm the account creation. You can then log in to your account via the login page and enter the credentials to visit the profile.


Login page

To access your fishRISE-DSS account:

  1. Go to the login page
  2. Enter your credentials (username and password)
  3. Click the "Login" button

If the credentials are correct, you will be logged in and can explore your account.


Profile Modification

Customize your fishRISE-DSS profile to reflect your interests:

  1. Choose the "Edit Profile" option.
  2. Modify your profile information, such as your bio, profile picture, and contact details.
  3. Click the "Save Changes" button to update your profile.

Feel free to modify your variables of interest


Logout

To securely logout from fishRISE-DSS account, click on the "Logout" button on your Profile page.

You have successfully logged out of your fishRISE-DSS account.

Email notifications

fishRISE-DSS sends email notifications if any monitored variable exceeds its threshold, providing detailed information such as a map with the area.


Value Intervals

ISPRA has defined three types of value intervals for each environmental variable:

  • Optimal Interval: Ideal values for environmental health and sustainability.
  • Valid Interval: Acceptable values that still ensure proper ecosystem functioning.
  • Critical Interval: Values that can be harmful to the environment.
    Variable Currents:
    • Valid interval: [0.02, 0.5] m/s
    • Optimal interval: [0.03, 0.1] m/s
    • Critical interval: < 0.02 m/s or > 0.5 m/s
    Variable Significant Wave Height:
    • Valid interval: [0, 2.5] m
    • Optimal interval: < 0.7 m
    • Critical interval: > 2.5 m
    Variable Dissolved Oxygen:
    • Valid interval: [5, 6.5] mg/L
    • Optimal interval: > 6.5 mg/L
    • Critical interval: < 5 mg/L
    Variable Dissolved Oxygen Saturation:
    • Valid interval: [65, 100] %
    • Optimal interval: [90, 100] %
    • Critical interval: < 65 %
    Variable Sea surface Temperature :
    • Valid interval: [11, 30] °C
    • Optimal interval: [18, 26] °C
    • Critical interval: < 11 °C or > 30 °C

During the registration phase, users can configure thresholds for monitoring the variables. Each of these variables is processed according to the following application requirements. It is essential to set realistic thresholds to ensure that the system provides useful and relevant notifications.


  • Sea Surface Temperature: only surface depth are considered. Both upper and lower thresholds set by the user during the registration phase are used for monitoring.

  • Significant Wave Height: only surface values are considered. Monitoring focuses solely on the upper threshold, meaning the data source value is checked to see if it exceeds the user-configured threshold. To prevent unrealistic or irrelevant thresholds, a maximum limit of 2.5 meters has been set. If the user specifies a threshold lower than this limit during registration, the system will automatically apply the maximum threshold of 2.5 meters.

  • Currents: all available depths from the data source are considered. Only the upper threshold is monitored, meaning if the value from the data source exceeds the user-configured threshold. To avoid unrealistic or irrelevant thresholds, a maximum threshold of 0.5 m/s has been set. If the user sets a threshold lower than this limit during registration, it will automatically be adjusted to the maximum threshold of 0.5 m/s.

  • Dissolved Oxygen: all available depths from the data source are considered. Both upper and lower thresholds set by the user during the registration phase are used for monitoring.

  • Dissolved Oxygen Saturation (%): all available depths from the data source are considered. Only the lower threshold is monitored, meaning if the value from the data source is lower than the user-configured threshold.


Calculation of Dissolved Oxygen Saturation

The fishRISE-DSS calculates dissolved oxygen saturation using equations published by Benson and Krause (1984):

DO% = (DO_C / DOSAT) * 100

where:

  • DO_C is the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) in mg/L
  • DOSAT is calculated using the following formula:
DOSAT = exp(-139.34411 + (1.575701E5 + (-6.642308E7 + (1.2438E10 - 8.621949E11 / TEMPK) / TEMPK) / TEMPK) / TEMPK) * exp(-1 * SAL * (0.017674 + (-10.754 + 2140.7 / TEMPK) / TEMPK))

where SAL is the salinity and TEMP is the water temperature in Kelvin, both extracted for the same point of interest.


More about Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change (CMCC)

The Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change (CMCC) is a non-profit research institute founded in 2005 with the financial support of several ministries. The CMCC Mission is to carry out studies and models of our climate and environmental system and its interactions with society. The CMCC has extensive experience in the research of Founders and Participants. CMCC operates an owned Supercomputing Center, whose HPC facilities have been ranked from 2008 to 2014 in the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world (Top500) and among the most powerful computer systems in Italy. CMCC develops and implements numerical models (eg NEMO, BFM and Shyfem) for global ocean, regional forecasts, biogeochemical modeling, basins and coastal water.

Happy fishRISE-DSS account!

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