Sea Warden

Sea Warden is a California-based technology company that leverages satellites, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud computing to monitor global aquaculture activity. Its mission is to advance the sustainability of farmed seafood by addressing critical data gaps within the industry. Sea Warden focuses on the shrimp farming sector, which is a USD 40 billion global industry. The company delivers satellite-derived Key Data Elements (KDEs) for traceability solutions at the production unit level, such as ponds. It analyzes historic and ongoing satellite imagery to determine pond stocking and harvest times, estimate production volumes, and location-based parameters to demonstrate responsible production.

Sea Warden's technology works by applying machine learning and AI techniques to satellite imagery to generate KDEs based on historic production activity at shrimp farms. For example, it can map pond boundaries, evaluate crop production history, track production status at a weekly scale, and estimate parameters like energy, water, and feed use. By knowing historic crop production practices and tracking near-real-time production, Sea Warden can estimate annual harvest volumes, predict when ponds will harvest, and create a "pond search engine" where users can specify search criteria to find farms meeting their requirements.

In addition to providing satellite-powered monitoring tools, Sea Warden aims to create a global atlas of aquaculture, envisioned as a spatial dataset containing production unit resolution estimates (pond, cage, line resolution) for the entire industry. The atlas will contain millions of outlines of ponds, cages, and lines, enabling users to query and analyze data at a level of detail not currently available.

Sea Warden partners with industry stakeholders like producers, feed manufacturers, and standard setters to deliver its services. In April 2022, Sea Warden formed a strategic partnership with Danish traceability software company PSQR to create full end-to-end traceability for aquaculture companies, initially focusing on shrimp. The partnership combines Sea Warden's satellite-derived data with PSQR's EPCIS-based SAGA product, which captures data across GDST-defined critical tracking events.