An Inexpensive Microcomputer Based Data Record-Keeping System for the Individual Fish Farm

Varvarigos, P.; Horne, M. T.

doi:10.1016/s1474-6670(17)59189-2

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“…Nonetheless, the necessary technology is available (Kennedy 1985;Auld 1986;Traynor 1989), and research has identified the opportunity and suggested solutions (Varvarigos & Home 1986;Varvarigos 1987). It might be that the willingness to consider the potential deployment of information technology is lacking (McGrath 1987).…”

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Production planning and the management of information on fish farms: results of a UK survey

Varvarigos

1991

Aquaculture Res

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Abstract. In order to assess the attitudes of fish farmers towards data management, and discover the major sources of influence upon planning production, a postal survey among 293 salmon and trout farmers was conducted in the summer of 1987. The degree of microcomputer use and the uptake of automation were examined in this perspective. Salmon and trout fanners collected production records which, in most cases, were unsuitable for planning. Microcomputers were used mainly for accounting and word processing. Software was commonly purchased‘off‐the‐shelf’. Computerization when rejected was primarily on grounds of excessive costs and time requirements. Other automation comprised feeding systems and to a lesser extent water parameter monitoring. For decision making, directors and owners relied heavily on their site managers and foremen to provide feedback. When farms were members of marketing cooperatives or owned by larger firms the latter directed their production and outlets. Accountants were employed part‐time to draw the financial accounts, and the proportion of fish farms hiring experts and computer consultants was small. The findings showed that information technology is not a priority among fish farm managers.

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