A mobile platform for remote monitoring of water quality on live fish transport containers: Lessons learned

We provide an in-depth study of building a mobile sensor platform for real-time remote monitoring of water quality in live fish transport containers installed in transport vehicles. From a case study, we identified a set of challenges and system requirements that cover the hardware design of the sensors nodes; the storage, display and security of data; and the capabilities for remote data access and management. A system architecture is proposed to address these requirements. The currently deployed network consists of two elements: the Mobile Remote Monitoring Platform (MRMP), and the Central Monitoring Platform (CMP). The MRMP have eight sensor nodes, a sink node, and a mobile application. The CMP have a remote monitoring software and a database. From the design, development, and testing of this monitoring platform, we identified several important areas for further work. They are related to the design, implementation and interconnection of sensor nodes; the energy supply; the mobile application; control facilities; the integration of platform with the business processes, and the fish health monitoring.