SAFER Pilots
A testbed for innovation in the seafood industry

Here you will find detailed information about the innovation services developed and tested by the SAFER partners in each of the participating Atlantic regions.

Digital app for oyster harvesting inspection
Derry & Strabane - Derry City & Strabane District Council
This service consists in a digital app to assist inspectors to manage the levels of oyster harvesting. It is an innovative service that simplifies the inspection process allowing the access to more accurate information, better traceability and improved reporting. This service is developed by Derry City & Strabane District Council and piloted in coordination with the Loughs Agency in Derry & Strabane (UK).
Digitising a Paper Based QA system in Salmon Processing
Donegal - Wisar Lab
This service consists in a digital app to assist health and safety inspections in the factory floor. It is an innovative service that simplifies the inspection process allowing the access to more accurate information, avoiding legibility or transcription issues, saving time and storage space and improving reporting. This service is developed by Letterkenny Institute of Technology in coordination with Udaras and piloted at Mowi, the world’s leading supplier of organic farmed salmon, at their factory in Donegal (Ireland).
Manufacturing production control system (France)
Brittany - Pole Mer Bretagne Atlantique
MES (Manufacturing Execution System) IT solution, for fish, shellfish, algae, processing Industries. An integrated system of software and hardware, designed for the control of production, quality, food safety, traceability, stock, picking and distribution. The system is planned to be piloted at Mytilimer, a French company that works with shellfish and demonstrates a complete industrial workflow of an oyster box of 1,4 Kg.
Manufacturing production control system (Ireland)
Gaeltacht - Údarás na Gaeltachta
MES (Manufacturing Execution System) IT solution, for fish, shellfish, algae, processing Industries. An integrated system of software and hardware, designed for the control of production, quality, food safety, traceability, stock, picking and distribution.
The system is piloted in Irish Fish Canners facilities in Donegal  which is the largest and only fish canning facility in Ireland, located along the "Wild Atlantic Way".

Manufacturing production control system (Portugal)
Norte - Foodintech Lda
MES (Manufacturing Execution System) IT solution, for fish, shellfish, algae, processing Industries. An integrated system of software and hardware, designed for the control of production, quality, food safety, traceability, stock, picking and distribution.
The system is piloted at NorteSea, a seafood company in the Norte region in Portugal.
Oyster farm environmental condition monitoring
Derry & Strabane - Derry City & Strabane District Council
An IoT (Internet of Things) system applied to the oyster farms from the Loughs Agency in Derry to help monitor the environmental conditions while the oysters are growing.
The system uses wireless technology to sense conditions such as water oxygen levels, chlorophyll, and temperature and send the data back to a remote database which can be accessed from anywhere by staff.
This service is developed by Derry City & Strabane District Council and piloted in coordination with the Loughs Agency in Derry & Strabane (UK).

Process for marine water treatment
Cantabria - APRIA Systems S.L.
ELOXIRAS is an innovative process for the treatment and reutilization of marine and brackish water to enhance the productivity and reduce the environmental impact of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). 
This service is implemented by partner Apria and piloted in the aquaculture facilities of  the Oceanographic Center of Santander in Cantabria(ES).