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    Aquacultural Engineering 5 ( 1 9 8 6 ) 1 9 9 -2 1 7

    Com puters in AquacultureK e v i n A . M u e n c h . R o b e r t D . T h o m s e n a n d

    R i c h a r d D . C r o i s s a n tI s l an d S c ien ce , 1 6 5 0 In d ian V a l l ey R o a d . N o v a to . C a l i fo rn ia 9 4 9 4 8 . U S A

    A B S T R A C TComputer app l i ca t ion to aquacu l ture opera t ions i s a t imely and newtransit ion in the ma na ge m en t o f the business . Decis ion m akin g usingreal t ime data increases ef f ic iency and product ion economics and aidsin ma rke t p lanning. A general overview o f conzputer approaches isdiscussed and a data management design approach is descr ibed whichfocus es on prior i~ ' tasks. This m eth od e nhan ces the accuracy o f anim alinventotw data an d growth tracking where prod uct ion costs are reducedthrough im proved f ee d admin i s tra t ion . The exam ples are on ly a smal lport ion of the to tal program an d reflect an approach used Jbr a prawnfarm. The m odu les in the programs are ind iv idua l l y des igned for thetype of operat ion and species .

    I N T R O D U C T I O NT h i s i s a d i s c u s s i o n o f r e a l w o r l d a p p l i c a t i o n s o f m i c r o c o m p u t e r s t oa q u a c u l t u r e m a n a g e m e n t o n a w o r l d w i d e b a s i s . A q u a c u l t u r e i sm o v i n g f r o m e x t e n s i v e t o s e m i - i n t e n s i v e o r i n t e n s i v e o p e r a t i o n s , a n dt h e i n c r e a s i n g c o m p l e x i t y r e q u i r e s b e t t e r m a n a g e m e n t . T h e s em a n a g e m e n t d e c i s i o n s n e e d t o b e b a s e d o n r e a l t i m e d a t a w h i c hi n c r e a s e e f f i c ie n c y f o r d a i ly o p e r a t i o n s , p r o d u c t i o n g o a ls , a n d p r o d u c -t i o n e c o n o m i c s .

    A q u a c u l t u r e f a r m i n g h a s b e e n l a rg e l y a r e s p o n s e t o t h e b io l o g y o ft h e s y s te m , a n d w i t h t h e r e p l a c e m e n t o f t h e n o n t e c h n ic a l a p p r o a c h e sby the sc ience o f agrobus iness , we wi l l see the jo in ing o f bus inessc o n s i d e r a t i o n s w i t h t h e m a i n t a i n i n g o f t h e b i o l o g i c a l s y s t e m s . T h i s

    199Aquacultural Engineering 0 1 4 4 - 8 6 0 9 / 8 6 / S 0 3 . 5 0 - - E l se v ie r A p p li ed S c ie nc ePubl ishe rs L td . Eng land , 1986 . Pr in ted in G re at Br i ta in

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    200 K. A. Muench. R. Tlu~msen. R. D. Croissant

    s h if t w i ll b e c o m e m o r e e v i d e n t a s l a rg e c o m m e r c i a l e n t it ie s b u i ldl a rg e r f ar m s w i t h b e t t e r c o n t r o l l e d i n p u t s a n d h a r v e st s.

    T h i s s h if t t o la r g e r a n d m o r e c o n t r o l l e d a q u a c u l t u r e o p e r a t i o n s h a sb e e n i l l u s t r a t e d i n p a s t p a t t e r n s s e e n i n a g r i c u l t u r e f a r m i n g i n t h eU S A . T h e m o v e m e n t is n o w s e e n in S o u th A m e r i c a w h e r e h a tc h e ri esa r e b e i n g p l a n n e d o r b u i l t t o c o n t r o l t h e s e e d s t o c k , as w e l l a s m o r ei n p u t s f o r c o n t r o l l i n g t h e l if e c y c l e. T h i s t r e n d , n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g p a s ta n d c u r r e n t h i s t o ~ ~ o f b i g b u s i n e ss i n a q u a c u l t u r e e x p l o r i n g v e n t u r e s ,is p r o b a b l y b e i n g b a s e d o n t h e p r o g r e s s o f R & D e i t h e r b y a c a d e m i a o rb y o n s i t e r e f i n e m e n t o f o p e r a ti o n s .

    T h e b u s i n e s s o f a q u a c u l t u r e is ti e d to t h e c o s t o f o p e r a t i o n s , m a r k e tn e e d s , a n d p r o d u c t i o n p r o j e c t i o n s . A n o t h e r e x a m p l e o f b u s i n e s sa p p l i c a ti o n s is th a t s h r i m p a r e b e i n g t r e a t e d a s a c o m m o d i t y b y ag r o u p w o r k i n g t o w a r d a " s h r i m p n e t " w h i c h w i l l p r o v i d e a p r i c i n gi n d e x a n d o r d e r a n d h a n d l i n g f o r th e f a r m e r t o a c c es s o n a r e a l t im eb a si s b y t e le x o r t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s . T h i s w o u l d t ie in t o a n y c o m -p u t e r p r o g r a m t h a t tr a c k s h a r v e st s, m o d e l s g r o w t h t r e n d s , a n d g i ve st h e b u s in e s s m a n a g e r a d e c i s i o n t o o l to m a x i m i z e p ro f it s a n d c o n t r o lc o s ts . I n t h e s e s it u a t i o n s o f m o r e i n t e n s i v e c u l t u r e a n d m a x i m i z i n gp r o d u c t i o n t h e c o m p u t e r i s r a pi d ly b e c o m i n g a n e e d e d to o l. T h i s t o o ls h o u l d a n d is r e p l a c i n g t h e c l ip b o a r d s a n d s m a l l e r n o t e b o o k s , w h e r e i tis d i ff ic u l t t o s o r t a n d r e t r i e v e d a t a f r o m s it e o r p l a n n i n g o p e r a t i o n s .C o m p u t e r s m e a n a lo t o f t hi ng s to m a n y p e o p l e - m a i n f ra m e s ,m i n i s , a n d m i c r o s . T h e m a j o r e v e n t o f r e c e n t y e a r s i s t h a t m i c r o -c o m p u t e r t e c h n o l o g y ha s a d v a n c e d t o t he p o i n t w h e r e t h e y a r e c h e a pa n d p o w e r f u l . W e f e e l t h a t i t i s n o l o n g e r n e c e s s a r y t o l o o k b e y o n dm i c r o c o m p u t e r s . T h e m a j o r p r o b l e m is h o w t o h a r n e ss t h e m . M i c ro -c o m p u t e r s h a v e t h e h o r s e p o w e r a n d m e m o r y t o p e r f o r m v ir tu a ll y a n yd a t a a n a l y s is t as k . T h e i s su e is w h a t t o m a k e t h e m d o .T h e s t a r t i n g p o i n t f o r a c o m p u t e r i z e d s y s t e m i s t h e s t o r a g e o fr o u t i n e p r o d u c t i o n d a ta : s t o ck i n g , f e e d in g , g r o w t h , e n v i r o n m e n t a l ,ha r ves t , e t c . A good s ys t em pe r mi t s f l ex i b l e r eca l l o f da t a i n a va r i e t yo f fo r m a t s ( d a il y s ta tu s , w e e k l y / m o n t h l y s u m m a r i e s , p o n d b y p o n d , o rg r o u p e d b y t i m e p e r i o d s , e tc .) , a n d p e r f o r m s a l l n e c e s s a r y c a l c u l a t io n si n c l u d i n g u n i t c o n v e r s i o n s , s u m m a r i z a t i o n s , a n d s ta t is ti c s. I t s h o u l da l so p r o v i d e " ~ "o rt zc a st m g a n d m o d e l i n g c a p a b il it ie s a s n e e d e d f o r s h o r ta n d l o n g t e r m p l a n n i n g .I t h a s b e e n o u r e x p e r i e n c e t h a t w h e n t h e p r i m a r y o p e r a t i o n s a n dp r o d u c t i o n d a t a a r e o r g a n i z e d a n d p r e s e n t e d c l e a rl y a n d t h o r o u g h l y ,

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    Co mp uters in aquactdtt~re 201t h e r e is m u c h l e ss n e e d f o r c o m p l e x m o d e l i n g a n d a n a ly s is . T h em a n a g e r c a n s e e t h e p r e s e n t s t a t u s a t a l l t i m e s a n d u s u a l l y r e l i e s o ne a c h d a y ' s r e p o r t . T h e r e is n o l o n g e r a b i g s t a c k o f f ie ld d a t a s h e e t sc o l l e c t in g d u s t i n th e c o r n e r , a n d t h e r e i s n o g r e a t m y s t e r y a b o u t w h a th a s o c c u r r e d i n t h e p a st s e v e r a l m o n t h s .

    A s y s t e m o f t h is ty p e , p r o p e r l y p l a n n e d a n d i n s ta l le d , e n c o u r a g e s ah i g h d e g r e e o f o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d d i s c i p l i n e i n m e a s u r i n g , r e c o r d i n g ,a n d h a n d l i n g d a t a . T h i s t e n d s t o s p il l o v e r t o o t h e r a s p e c t s o f s it eop e r a t i on s , a nd , be c a u s e o f th i s, it is ve U be ne f i c i a l f o r s it e w o r ke r s t ob e d i r e c t l y i n v o l v e d i n d a t a h a n d l i n g , t o h a v e t r a i n i n g , a n d t o h a v er e g u l a r a c c e s s t o t h e p r i n t o u t s .A p r o f e s s i o n a l l y d e s i g n e d s y s t e m s h o u l d i n c l u d e s e v e r a l i m p o r t a n tf e at u re s . It s h o u l d t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f s c r e e n a n d k e y b o a r d c a p a b il it ie s(e .g . g r a p h i c s a n d f u n c t i o n k e y s) . T h e r e s h o u l d b e h e l p s c r e e n si n s t a n t l y a v a i l a b l e f o r o c c a s i o n a l u s e r s , d a t a e n t r i e s s h o u l d b e c a r e -f u ll y c h e c k e d f o r va li d i ty , a ll d a t a f il es m u s t ha ve r i go r o us b a c k up , a ndt h e s y s t e m s h o u l d b e f l ex i b le e n o u g h t o p e r m i t c h a n g e s a s th e b u s i n e s se v o l v e s . A g o o d s y s t e m w i ll b e e a s i ly u s e d b y u n s k i l le d p e r s o n s , b u tw ill a ls o r e w a r d o p e r a t o r s kill b y p e r m i t ti n g a b b r e v i a t e d c o m m a n ds t r u c tu r e s a n d d i r e c t e d a c c e s s to k n o w n f u n c t io n s .T h e c o m p u t e r i s n o t t h e r e t o m a k e d e c i s i o n s . I t i s t h e r e t o c a l c u l a t ea n d d i s p l a y in a t im e l y a n d r e li a b le m a n n e r t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n ts e l e c t e d i n f o r m a t i o n a v a i l a b l e s o t h a t t h e m a n a g e r c a n m a k e a d e c i -s i o n . A s y s t e m i s o n l y a s g o o d a s t h e s o f t w a r e a n d t h e o p e r a t o r . T h ea s s o c i a t e d g o o d a n d b a d p o i n t s a r e l is te d in T a b l e 1.

    T h e i n st al la ti o n o f a w e l l -d e s i g n e d p r o d u c t i o n d a t a t r a c k in g s y s t e mis t h e p r e c u r s o r to t h e v e r y s o p h i s t ic a t e d s y s te m w h i c h c o m b i n e sp r o d u c t i o n i n f o r m a t i o n w i th f in a n c ia l d at a. T h i s g i v es t h e m a n a g e r t h ea b i l i t y t o e v a l u a t e t h e f i s c a l c o n s e q u e n c e s o f p r o d u c t i o n d e c i s i o n s . I tw o u l d , f o r e x a m p l e , c o m p a r e t h e p r o f i t m a r g i n f o r h a r v e s t i n g t o d a yw i t h t h e c o s t t o h o l d o v e r f o r a g i v e n p e r i o d . I t w o u l d a l s o a n a l y z ec os t s on a pe r j ob ba s is . F o r e xa m p l e , w ha t i s t he t o t a l c o s t to f e e d on ek i l o g r a m o f f o o d , o r, w h a t is th e c o s t t o h a r v e s t o n e k i l o g r a m o f ap a r t i c u l a r s iz e c l as s o f a n i m a l ? T h e a n s w e r s t o th e s e ~ p e s o fq u e s t i o n s r e q u i r e d a t a o n p r o d u c t i o n r e s u l t s , w o r k - h o u r c o s t s , o v e r -h e a d s , d e p r e c i a t i o n , e t c .lV l o de li ng , w h i le c o m p l e x o r s i m p l e , h a s m a n y u s e s. b u t w e s e e t h e ma s m a i n l y u s e f u l f o r p e r i o d i c p l a n n i n g f o r s e a s o n a l , m o n t h l y , o r s o m e -t im e s d a i ly p r o j e c t i o n . T h e y w i ll b e v e r y h e l p f u l to p r e d i c t w h a t is

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    P l a n n i n g is a n o t h e r m a j o r a r e a w h e r e t h e c o m p u t e r w i l l h e lp . If o n ec a n t el l t h e c o m p u t e r w h a t t h e p r o d u c t i o n g o a l s ar e , t h e n it is p o s s i b l ef o r p r o g r a m s t o p r e p a r e d e t a i le d l a b o r s c h e d u l e s , m a t e r i a l s o r d e r i n gp l a n s , a n d m a r k e t f o r e c a s t s . T h e s e p l a n s c a n b e f e d b a c k i n t o t h es y s t e m t o r e f i n e t h e p r o d u c t i o n g o a l s a n d p r e p a r e i m p r o v e d s c h e -d u l e s a n d f o r e c a s t s . T h e s y s t e m s h o u l d b e c o n s t a n t l y u p d a t i n g i t s e l fu s i n g ' t o d a y ' s ' c u r r e n t s t a t u s t o r e f in e a n d i m p r o v e t h e o u t l o o k f o rt o m o r r o w . T h e g o a l is t o c o n c e n t r a t e o n w h a t c a n b e d o n e t o d a y i nt h e m o s t e f f i c i e n t m a n n e r t o m a x i m i z e r e v e n u e s a n d m i n i m i z e c o s t s .P r i o r i ty i s a s s i g n e d a n d t h e n r e p o r t e d d a i ly f o r e a c h t a sk b y t h ec o m p u t e r .

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    W e t h i n k t h a t t h is is w h e r e t h e b i ~ e s t r e t u r n s w i ll b e f e lt i n c o m -p u t e r i z e d d a t a s y s t e m s f o r a q u a c u l t u r e . A s v Ath m o s t t h i ng s , w e m u s tw a l k b e f o r e w e r u n . C a r e f u l a n d t h o r o u g h p r o d u c t i o n d a t a c a p t u r ea n d a n a l y si s is t h e k e y t o f u t u r e e v o l u t i o n a n d p r o g r e s s i n t h e b u s i n e s sp e r f o r m a n c e i n th e i n d u s tr y .

    P R O D U C T I O N D A T A M A N A G E M E N T D E S I G NI s la n d S c i e n c e b e g a n d e v e l o p i n g c o m m e r c i a l d a t a b a s e s y s te m s f o ra q u a c u l tu r e f a r m m a n a g e m e n t i n 1 9 8 2 . T h e f o ll o w i n g o u tl in e s th ed e s ig n p h i l o s o p h y u s e d t o d e v e l o p d e c i s i o n m a n a g e m e n t so f tw a r e fo ra q u a c u l t u r e .O u r a p p r o a c h r e c o g n i z es t h at m a n a g e m e n t m u s t in t e ra c t d u r i n g th ed e s i g n p r o c e s s i n v is u a l, n o n - t e c h n i c a l , h a n d s - o n t e r m s . O u r g o a l is t or a p id l y a n d e c o n o m i c a l l y p r o d u c e a w o r k i n g m o d e l o f t h e s p e ci fi c a-t ions .O u r p r o g r a m s c o o p e r a t e w i t h t h e u s e r b y a u t o m a t i n g t h e m o s tc o m m o n c o u r s e o f u se . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e p r o g r a m f o ll o w s t h e p ro g r e s so f d a t a e n t r y a n d a n t i c ip a t e s t h e n e x t l o ~ c a l a c t i o n i n s e q u e n c e . D a t ai n p u t is d e s i g n e d t o m a k e e f fi c ie n t u s e o f t h e n u m e r i c k e y p a d t op e r m i t o n e - h a n d o p e r a t i o n . F a s t d a ta i n p u t a n d t h e a bi li ty o f t h ep r o g r a m t o f o l l o w t h e l o g i c a l s e q u e n c e o f a c t i o n r e w a r d s o p e r a t o rs ki ll , s i m p l i fi e s a n d s p e e d s i n p u t , a n d r e d u c e s e r r o r s .

    W e d e s ig n si m p l e c o m m a n d s t r u ct u re s a n d u s e a m i n i m u m o f v e r ys p e c i fi c m e n u s t o s e l e c t m a j o r f u n c t i o n s . P o w e r f u l s i n g l e - k e y c o m -m a n d s a r e u s e d t o p e r f o r m p r o g r a m o p e r a t i o n s . D e s c r i p t i v e ' H e l pS c r e e n s ' a r e a v a i l a b l e a t t h e p r e s s o f a k e y , a n d p r o g r a m s a r e v i su a l lya n d f u n c t i o n a l l y c o n s i s t e n t s o th a t w h a t is l e a r n e d i n o n e a p p l i e s t o a ll.C a r e f u l e r r o r t r a p p i n g i s e s s e n t ia l b e c a u s e e v e r y o n e m a k e sm i s t a k e s n o m a t t e r h o w c a r e f u l t h e y a r e . A q u a c u l t u r e o p e r a t i o n sr e q u i r e a ' s c i e n t i f i c q u a l i t y ' d a t a b a s e w h i c h c a n b e c o m e v e r y l a r g e .T h e d a t a m u s t b e a s e r r o r f r e e a s p o s s i b l e b e c a u s e c o r r e c t i o n s a r et im e c o n s u m i n g a n d d if fi cu lt . T h o r o u g h e r r o r t r a p p i n g is a m a j o r p a r to f t he f i na l s y s t em .T h e r e s u l t is a p r o f e s s i o n a l l y d e s i g n e d h ig h le v e l d a t a b a s e s y s t e mt ha t i s h i gh l y r e l iab l e , e a s i l y l ea r ne d a nd f a st .A f t e r - d e l i v e r y s u p p o r t is a c ri ti c a l is s u e w i t h a n y n e w i n s t a ll a ti o n .W e u s e o u r t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n se r vi c es to r e m o t e l y o p e ra t e o u r

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    c l i e n t ' s c o m p u t e r s f o r u p g r a d i n g , t u t o r i n g , a n d d e m o n s t r a t i o n s . T h i sa ll ow s s p e e d y a n d l ow c o s t p r o g r a m m a i n t e n a n c e a n d d e l iv e r y o f ne wf e a t u re s t o c li e n t s i n a n y p a r t o f th e w o r l d . T h e p r o g a m s a r e d e s i g n e dto b e e a s il y t r a n s l a t e d i n t o fo r e i g n l a n g u a g e s , a n d w e p r o v i d e a w o r l dwide ins ta l l a t ion capab i l i ty .

    P O N D M A N A G E RT h e f o l lo w i n g is a b r i e f o v e r v i e w o f P o n d M a n a g e r , a p r o d u c t i o n d a t al o g gi n g a n d d e c i s i o n m a n a g e m e n t s y s t e m f o r a q u a c u l tu r e . V e r s io n sh a v e b e e n s p e c if i c al ly d e s i g n e d f o r s h r i m p a n d p r a w n f a rm i n g , a n ds a l m o n p e n - r e a r i n g ; h o w e v e r , P o n d M a n a g e r i s d e s i g n e d t o b e e a s i l yc u s t o m i z e d t o a c c o m m o d a t e a p a r t i c u l a r s p e c i e s , e n v i r o n m e n t a l , a n do p e r a t i o n a l r e q u i r e m e n t s .P o n d M a n a g e r p r o v i d e s a s y s t e m a t i c a n d d i s c i p l i n e d a p p r o a c h t od a t a c a p t u r e a n d s t o r a g e , f l e x i b l e a c c e s s t o i m p o r t a n t p r o d u c t i o np a r a m e t e r s , a n d s u m m a r i e s o f r o u t i n e p e r f o r m a n c e v a r i a b l e s . I na d d i t i o n t o t h e s e t y p i c a l a d v a n t a g e s o f a d a t a b a s e s y s t e m , it p r o v i d e sd i r e c t j o b s c h e d u l i n g a n d c o n t r o l c a p a b i l i t i e s , a n d a c c e s s t o t o pp r i o r i ty i n f o r m a t i o n i n a t im e l y a n d r e l ia b l e m a n n e r .F i e l d d a t a s h e e t s a r e d e s i g n e d a n d p r i n t e d t o p r o v i d e a s y s t e m a t i cf o r m a t f o r c o l l e c ti n g f ie l d d a t a . T h e y a r e d i s t r i b u t e d t o fa r m o p e r a t o r sf o r r e c o r d i n g p r o d u c t i o n v a r i a b l e s a n d a r e u s e d a s a s o u r c e f o rm a n u a l l y e n t e r i n g d a t a i n t o th e c o m p u t e r . M a n u a l d a t a e n t r y s c r e e n se x a c t l y m a t c h t h e f o r m a t o f t h e f i e l d d a t a s h e e t s m a k i n g i t e a s y t oe n t e r t h e d a t a . E n t e r e d v a l u e s m u s t p a s s v e r y s t r i c t e r r o r c h e c k i n gand re l i ab i li ty t e st s . A n exam ple o f a f ie ld da ta shee t an d i ts m a tch ingm a n u a l d a t a e n t r y s c r e e n i s f o u n d i n t h e A p p e n d i x . F i e l d d a t a s h e e t sm a y i n c l u d e e n v i r o n m e n t a l , f e e d i ng , h a r v e s t, s t o ck i n g , o r o t h e r d a t a a sn e e d e d .M a n a g e m e n t o f v a r i o u s f a r m j o b s i s h a n d l e d b y t h e ' s c h e d u l e j o b s 'rou t ines . Va lues a re en te red in to the com pu te r to spec i fy fa rm tasks .F o r e x a m p l e , t h e a m o u n t o f s c h e d u l e d f e e d p e r p o n d is p r i n t e d o n t h en e x t d a y ' s f i el d d a t a s h e e t s t o p r o v i d e g u i d a n c e t o t h e f a r m o p e r a t o r s .D u r i n g t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f s c h e d u l e d j o b e n t r i e s , t h e o p e r a t o r c a nr e v i e w p e r t i n e n t d a t a a n d u s e m o d e l s t o f o r e c a s t e x p e c t e d c o n d i t i o n s .I n th i s j o b a d i s s o l v e d o x y g e n m o d e l f o r e c a s t s p o t e n t i a l o x y g e np r o b l e m s t o s u p p o r t f e e d s c h e d u l i n g d e c is i o n s .

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    H O W P O N D M A N A G E R H A N D L E S F E E D S C H E D U L I N GA N D D A T A E N T R YThe fo l lowing sec t ion i s a runn ing na r ra t ive tha t s imula tes us ing theP o n d M a n a g e r d a t a b a s e m a n a g e m e n t s y s t e m o n a m i c r o c o m p u t e r .F e e d s c h e d u l i n g is a g o o d e x a m p l e b e c a u s e i t t o u c h e s o n m a n y o f t h ed e s i g n f e a t u r e s f o u n d t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o m p l e t e s y s t e m . T h i s p a r t i c u la rc u s t o m v e r s i o n o f P o n d M a n a g e r is o p e r a t i n g o n a la r ge p r a w n f a rm i nH a w a i i. T h e f a r m c o n s i s ts o f 1 43 a p p r o x i m a t e l y 0 "5 h a p o n d s . T h em a j o r d e s i g n h u r d l e w a s t o s q u e e z e a c o m p l e t e d i s s o l v e d o x y g e na n a l y s is a n d a u t o m a t i c f e e d s c h e d u l i n g s e s s io n i n t o t h e t im e b e t w e e nt h e c o n c l u s i o n o f t h e a f t e r n o o n d i s s o l v e d o x y g e n m e a s u r e m e n tr o u n d s a n d t h e s t a r t o f t h e e v e n i n g f e e d i n g r o u n d s . T h i s i s a m a j o rd a i l y m a n a g e m e n t d e c i s i o n p o i n t r e q u i r i n g e x t e n s iv e d a t a a n a l y s i s in am i n i m u m t i m e b y e s s e n ti a l ly u n s k i l le d c o m p u t e r o p e r a t o r s .P r i o r t o t h e i n s t a l l a ti o n o f P o n d M a n a g e r , f e ed a m o u n t s w e r ead jus ted (a t bes t ) on a week ly bas i s. R esp on se to rea l - t ime env i ron-m e n t a l a n d w a t e r q u a l i t y c o n s i d e r a t i o n s w a s m i n i m a l . U s i n g P o n dM a n a g e r , a d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s a n d a n o r g a n i z e d f e e d i n g s c h e d u l e isp r e p a r e d e a c h d a y i n 1 5 - 3 0 r a i n b y t h e f a r m o p e r a t o r s i n t e r a c t i n gwi th a remote t e rmin a l and p r in te r (6 .7 km f rom the main o f f i cec o m p u t e r ) .T h e s e s s io n b e g i n s w i t h a m e n u l is ti n g t h e m a i n P o n d M a n a g e rapp l ica t ions (Screen 1 ) . P ress ing '3" on the keyboard se lec t sS C H E D U L E J O B S a n d im m e d i at e ly S c re e n 2 a p p ea rs . T h e o b v io u sc h o i c e i s F E E D I N G J O B S . P r e s s in g ' 1 ' i n it ia t e s t h e l o a d in g o f t h e j o bs c h e d u l i n g s o f t w a r e m o d u l e s .

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    T h e t y p e o f f e e d s c h e d u l e d is c h a n g e d i n f r e q u e n t l y , b u t is v a l u a b l eh i st o r ic a l i n f o r m a t i o n . B u r i e d b e h i n d t h e S F A t a b le i s t h e S c h e d u l e dF e e d T y p e o r S F T t a b le ( S c r e e n 5 ). P r e s s in g f u n c t i o n K E Y 6 (S F A )g e t s t h is ta b l e . T o c h a n g e t h e t y p e o f f e e d s c h e d u l e d f o r p o n d 1 3 1 , t h eo p e r a t o r p r e s s e s f u n c t i o n K E Y 3 ( G O 2 ) a n d t h e c u r s or (a f la s h i n g b o xs h o w i n g w h e r e t y p e d c h a r a c t e r s w i l l a p p e a r ) m o v e s t o t h e u p p e r l e f tc o r n e r o f t h e t a b le . T y p i n g 1 3 1 f o l l o w e d b y T A B m o v e s t h e c u r s o r t ot h e C E L L 1 3 1 o n t h e t ab l e . A f t e r t y p i n g i n a n e w f e e d t y p e , p r e s s i n gf u n c t i o n K E Y 5 ( S F A ) a g a in g e ts t h e S F A t a b le sh o w n o n S c r e e n 3 .

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    seven days of the pond's history. Water temperature, wind speed, realand predicted dissolved oxygen, transparency, water addition andpaddle wheel treatments, feed amounts, and memos are available.Function KEYS provide average values, listing of memos, and bargraphs of dissolved oxygen values. Press function KEY 1 (PRT) andthe screen is instantly printed.Based on DOM suggestions and SWQ data, the feed schedulermodifies the feed schedule. Often conditions, such as sustained calmwinds, require an across-the-farm proportional reduction of feed to allponds. It is not necessary to type in new values for all ponds. Referringagain to the SFA table, function KEY 4 (SFF) is a Scheduled FeedFactor. Changing this number changes the feed for all ponds. ChanNngit back resumes baseline feeding after unusual conditions pass. Feedscheduling is finished. The time required depends mostly on thenumber of SWQ screens examined. It is a very rapid process to movearound on the SFA table and modify values. Tables are an integral partof Pond Manager because they isolate critical management variables.As seen, the entire farm is surveyed and controlled from a singlescreen instead of the cumbersome line by line format commonlyfound in many data base systems.The next task is starting the feeding rounds. Pressing function KEY10 (RET) on the SFA screen brings back the first MAIN APPLICA-

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    T I O N S M E N U ( S c re e n 1). C h o o s i n g se l e c ti o n 1 o n t ha t m e n ui m m e d i a te l y d is p la y s th e m e n u f o r p ri n ti n g F I E L D D A T A S H E E T S( S c r e e n 9 ). F i e l d d a t a s h e e t s a r e a n o t h e r i n t e g r a l d e s i g n f e a t u r e o fP o n d M a n a g e r . T h e y a r e a c o m b i n a t i o n s c h e d u l i n g a n d d a t a t a k i n gf o rm . T h e r e is o n e f o r e a c h m a j o r w o r k a c t iv i ty o n t h e f a rm .P r e s s in g '3 ' p r i n ts t h e F e e d i n g F i e l d D a t a S h e e t ( S c r e e n 1 0). T h i ss h e e t is i n t e n t i o n a l l y c o m p a c t s o t h a t t h e p e r s o n d r i v i n g t h e f e e dt r a c to r n e e d d e a l o n l y w i t h o n e p i e c e o f p a p e r t ie d t o a c li p b o a r d . T h eP N u c o l u m n i s t h e o r d e r t h a t p o n d s a r e e n c o u n t e r e d o n t h e f e e d i n gr o u t e . T h e C a c o l u m n i s t h e p o u n d s o f f e e d s c h e d u l e d o n t h e S F At a b l e t i m e s t h e S F F s c a l i n g f a c t o r . F L A G S a r e l i s t e d s o t h a t p r o b l e mp o n d s a r e m a r k e d f o r o b s e r v a t io n ( F E E M E M o ) a n d / o r a S e c c hi d i skr e a d i n g (T R ). T h e C F A S U M is t h e to ta l u s e d to d e t e r m i n e t h e n u m b e ro f ba g s o f f e e d n e e d e d . O n c e u n d e r w a y , i f a f e e d a m o u n t d i f f e r e n tf r o m t h a t s c h e d u l e d i s g i v e n , t h i s a m o u n t i s w r i t t e n d o w n i n t h e A cc o l u m n .T h e f i n a l t a s k is u p d a t i n g t h e d a t a b a s e a f t e r t h e f e e d i n g r o u n d s a r ed o n e , u s u a ll y l at e in th e e v e n i n g . P o n d M a n a g e r d o e s m o s t o f t h e e n t r yw o rk . S c r ee n 11 is t h e F E E D I N G D A T A E N T R Y v e rs io n o f t h es t a n d a r d P o n d M a n a g e r d a t a e n t r y s c r e e n . M a i n m e n u s e l e c t i o n 1 ,M A N U A L D A T A E N T R Y , l e a d s t o it. T h e h e lp sc r e en s f o r f e e d in gd a t a e n t r y a re s h o w n o n S c r e e n s 1 2 a n d 1 3. F r e q u e n t l y p r e s s i n g f u n c -t io n K E Y 8 ( U P D ) is a ll th a t is re q u i r e d . T h e o p e r a t o r n e e d o n l y e n t e r

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    2 M O S T P O N D S F E D A S S C H E D U L E D : P r e s s F 8 ( U P D a t e ) t o a ~ t o m a t i c a [ ~," e n t e r t h eC a l c u l a t e d v a l u e s. T y p e t h e n u m b e r o f t h e f i r s t p o n d t h a t w a s c h a n g e d a n dT A B t o " F Am t ' . T y p e i n t h e " Ac " v a l u e f r o m t h e F ~ e l d D a t a S h e e t . T h e C a l -c u l a t e d v a l u e e r a s e s a u t o m a t i c a l l y . P r e s s E N T E R. R e p e a t f or a [! c h a n g e s .

    3 M O S T P O N D S N O T F E D A S S C H E D U L E D : D i s a s t e r s t r i k e s . D O N O T U S E F 9 ( U P D) .P r e s s F 2 a n d c h a n g e " A OF " to " A ON ' a n d t h e p o n d n u m b e r w i l l a d v a n c e a u t o -m a t i c a [ [ y a f t e r e a c h e n t r y . E N T E R t h e " F A m t " ( C a l c u l a t e d o r A ct 'x a! ) o n l yf o r e a c h p o n d f e d. T h e r e m a i n i n g p o n d s k e e p t h e i r d e f a u l t v a l u e s .

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    F I 0 > R E T u r n : e x i t t h e p r o g r a m a n d r e t u r n t o t h e M A N U A L D A T A E N T R Y M E N U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    ? - N E X T H E L P S C R E E N E S C - R E T U R N T O D A T A E N T R YS c r e e n 1 3 .

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S U M M A R Y OF F E E D I N G D A T A E N T R Y F I E L D S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    F I E L D U N I T S D E S C R I P T I O N E X A M P L E N A M E K E Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .D A Y D a y o f t h e w e e k T H U I D A Y N oM M M o n t h o f t h e y e a r [ 2 I M M Y e sD D D a y o f ~ h e m o n t h 2 8 D D Y e sYY Y e a r 8 4 Y Y Y e sP N u P o n d n u m b e r 1 2 P N Y e sA c t u a l F A m t i b s A c t u a l a m o u n t o f f e e d u s e d 1 5 A F A N oA c t u a l F T y p e A c t u a l t y p e o f f e e d u s e d W A L A F T N oD O M n p p m D i s s o l v e d o x y g e n m i d n i g h t 6 . 2 D O M N o

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    APPENDIX

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    d a t e A i r T e m p W a t e r T e m p W i n d s p. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    D A Y M M / D D / Y Y A m P m A m P m A m P m R A i n E V a p R A D E N V M E M o. . . . . . . . . . . + - _ _ + - - _ + - - - + . . . . . . . + - _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T U E 0 7 / 3 1 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - _ - + - ~ _ + _ - - + . . . . . . . ~ _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W E D 0 8 / 0 1 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + _ - - + - . _ + _ - - + . . . . . . . + - _ - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T H U 0 8 / 0 2 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . +- - - + - _ _ + _ - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ . - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F R I 0 8 / 0 3 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . _ - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + - _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S A T 0 8 / 0 4 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + - _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S U N 0 8 / 0 5 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - 4 - + - - - + . . . . . . . - - - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M O N 0 8 / 0 6 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + _ _ - + - _ - + _ - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T U E 0 8 / 0 7 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + . _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W E D 0 8 / 0 8 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T H U 0 8 / 0 9 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - _ + _ - - + . . . . . . . + ~ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F R I 0 8 / 1 0 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - _ _ + - _ - + - - - + . . . . . . . _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S A T 0 8 / 1 1 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - . . . . . . . + _ _ - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S U N 0 8 / 1 2 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - _ _ + - _ _ + _ - - + . . . . . . . + . - - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M O N 0 8 / 1 3 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - _ _ + - - - + . . . . . . . + ~ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T U E 0 8 / [ 4 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - _ - - _ _ + - - - + . . . . . . . + ~ - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W E D 0 8 / 1 5 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - _ - + - _ _ + _ - - + . . . . . . . + _ - - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T H U 0 8 / 1 6 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F R I 0 8 / 1 7 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - _ - + - - - + . . . . . . . _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S A T 0 8 / 1 8 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S U N 0 8 / 1 9 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M O N 0 8 / 2 0 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T U E 0 8 / 2 [ / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W E D 0 8 / 2 2 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T H U 0 8 / 2 3 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - - - + - - - + - - ~ + . . . . . . . + _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F R I 0 8 / 2 4 / 8 4. . . . . . . . . . . + - _ _ + - _ _ + - - - + . . . . . . . + _ _ - + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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