Controlling and regulation of integrated aquaponic production systems – An approach for a management execution system (MES)

Abstract Manufacturing execution systems (MESs) play a significant role in the manufacturing paradigm. MES is there to link between the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and the plant equipment control or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications. In this paper the MES of the INAPRO aquaponics system which was developed to support and advise the aquaponics managers in operating the complex aquaponic farms, will be presented. One important feature of the INAPRO aquaponics system is to minimize fresh water 3 fish tanks coupled with a hydroponic NFT system with 1,000 m 2 which can produce five tons of Tilapia and 75 tons of tomato yearly is given.