Eyer Aquaculture ROI calculator
Farm profile
HOG (licensed capacity)
10 000 t
Head-on gutted weight — standard Norwegian licence metric. Small operators: 3,000–10,000 t. Large: 200,000+ t HOG.
Active cages / tanks
24
Open net: 500–1,500 t/cage. SCC: 300–900 t/unit. RAS: 100–500 t/tank.
Implied capacity / unit
417 t
Sensor streams / cage
25
O₂, temp, CO₂, salinity, feed/behaviour/biomass cameras, lice counters, load cells. Basic: 6–10. Instrumented: 15–25. RAS: 25–35+.
Total active streams
600
Informational. Operational effort is modelled via Analyst hrs / cage / week.
Farmgate price /kg
78.0
Average farmgate price per kg HOG after grading. 2023–2024 average: NOK 70–95/kg. Price premium below is additional.
Manual alternative cost ▶
Cost per analyst
NOK 850 K
Fully loaded: gross salary + social security (~14.1%) + pension + benefits. Data analyst / fish biologist: NOK 750K–1,000K. Senior: NOK 1,000K–1,300K.
Analyst hrs / cage / week
7.0 h
Hours/week per cage for data review and recommendations. Light: 2–4 h. Heavy: 8–12 h.
Platform & tooling / yr
NOK 100 K
Annual analytical software cost on top of existing SCADA. Small operators: NOK 50K–200K/yr. Larger: NOK 300K–1,000K/yr.
Eyer impact (Assumptions) ▶
Baseline mortality rate
17.0%
Annual mortality as % of stocked fish. Open net: 15–20% (avg 17%). SCC: 10–14%. RAS: 5–10%.
Mortality reduction (Eyer)
1.0 pp
In percentage points. Dropping from 17% to 16% = 1 pp reduction. Driven by earlier detection of health events and oxygen stress.
Feed cost reduction
1.0%
% reduction in total annual feed cost. Improved feeding precision reduces waste. Feed is 45–52% of COGS.
Price premium /kg
0.50
Additional per kg above farmgate price from better harvest timing. Applied to full harvested volume. 0.5–2 NOK/kg is realistic.
Opex reduction (treatments)
1.0%
% reduction in non-feed opex — lice treatments, veterinary, etc. Non-feed opex is ~20–24% of total COGS.
Manual capture rate
25%
Share of operational impact a manual team could capture. Limited by hours and reaction lag. 25–50% is typical.
Potential Annual ROI
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Total gross financial uplift versus your current operational baseline, delivered autonomously across mortality, feed, pricing and operational efficiency.
1. Net Value of Manual Alternative ▶
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Annual theoretical value captured manually minus the immense overhead of staffing and tooling.
2. Eyer Full Operational Impact ▶
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The complete financial uplift delivered directly by Eyer versus current unoptimized operations.
3. Site P&L Simulation (High-level) ▶
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Aggregates Eyer's incremental impact across core operational accounting layers.
COGS benchmarks (2025/2026): ~NOK 48/kg (open net) / ~NOK 68/kg (SCC) / ~NOK 85/kg (RAS). Mortality defaults: 14.5% (open net), 10% (SCC), 7% (RAS) — source: Norwegian Veterinary Institute 2025. FTE load: analyst hrs/cage/week × cages × 52 ÷ 1,680 productive hrs/yr. Mortality reduction in pp; feed and opex reduction in %. Values are indicative estimates only.