Our technology

Ecodetect brings together the sensors, platforms and AI analysis needed to monitor complex aquatic and marine environments.

The Ecodetect Platform

Complex technology. Simple outcomes.

Design and recommend

We assess your environment, species and compliance requirements and design the optimal monitoring system – specifying the right sensors, platforms and AI configuration from the outset.

Deploy and monitor

From installation through to live data retrieval, our platform runs continuously – processing footage in real time, generating alerts and producing regulator-ready reports automatically.

Continuously optimise

Every deployment makes our AI more accurate. As new species, behaviours and environments are encountered, the platform learns – delivering improving performance across your entire programme.

Ecodetect analytics dashboard showing growth and water quality trends, biomass and health scores, and AI fish detections
Your monitoring platform

A custom platform, built around your site.

We build a monitoring platform for each project: on our patent-pending seabed lander, on your existing infrastructure, or on a buoy or surface platform. We then fit it with the sensors your project needs.

  • Ecodetect seabed lander with camera, sonar and sensors on a vessel deck
    Ecodetect seabed lander

    On our patent-pending seabed lander

    Our self-powered, seabed-mounted system supports sensor packages in challenging marine environments.

    • Battery-powered: compact, for shorter deployments in accessible locations
    • Ocean-current-powered: long-duration remote deployments, harvesting energy from ambient ocean current
  • Seal filmed by an Ecodetect camera mounted on a Nova Innovation tidal turbine
    Your infrastructure

    On your existing infrastructure

    We integrate sensors onto structures already in the water, such as tidal turbines, offshore foundations, pontoons and aquaculture pens.

  • Ecodetect yellow monitoring buoy at sea
    Surface platforms

    On a buoy or surface platform

    Surface buoys and platforms provide a stable base for sensors, communications equipment and power systems in open water, enabling long-duration autonomous monitoring at remote sites.

Your sensors

Build the perfect sensor mix for your project.

We are device agnostic, which means we are not tied to one manufacturer, one camera or one fixed system. We recommend and configure the right technology mix for each project, combining visual, acoustic, sonar and environmental data to build a clearer picture of what is happening in the water.

Sense. The eyes and ears of your system: cameras, acoustics, sonar and environmental sensors, chosen to suit your site and species.

  • Guillemots diving underwater, filmed by an Ecodetect optical camera

    Optical marine cameras

    High-quality underwater video and still imagery for visual monitoring of fish, shrimp, marine mammals, behaviour, infrastructure interaction and environmental change.

    Optical systems are especially valuable where clear visual evidence is needed for analysis, reporting and stakeholder confidence.

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    Passive acoustic monitoring

    Hydrophones and acoustic systems can detect underwater sound, helping monitor marine mammals, vessel activity and other acoustic signals.

    This can be particularly important for offshore energy, seismic activity, environmental monitoring and projects where protected species may be present.

  • Imaging sonar display showing detections

    Active and multibeam imaging sonar

    Sonar can provide useful detection and movement data where visibility is poor or optical cameras are limited by darkness, turbidity or distance.

    It can help support monitoring around tidal turbines, offshore infrastructure, aquaculture sites and challenging marine environments.

  • Fish beside a net at night, seen by an infrared camera

    LiDAR, infrared and dynamic vision

    For specialist applications, Ecodetect can integrate additional sensing technologies including LiDAR, infrared and dynamic vision.

    These tools can help extend monitoring capability where conventional cameras or acoustic systems are not enough.

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    Metocean and environmental data

    Environmental context matters.

    Metocean data, water quality, oxygen, temperature, wave conditions and other sensor inputs can help explain why behaviour is changing, not just show that a change has occurred.

Process. AI that runs on site, turning raw data into detections before anything is sent ashore.

  • NVIDIA edge computing board with cooling fan, used to run Ecodetect AI on site

    Edge processors

    Edge processing allows data to be analysed close to where it is collected.

    This can reduce the need to transmit huge volumes of raw footage, support faster alerts and make remote or offshore monitoring more practical.

Transmit. Getting detections and alerts from the water to your team, wherever they are.

  • Status lights on a cellular router: power, system, SIM and signal strength

    Satellite and cellular communications

    Keeping data flowing from remote and offshore deployments requires robust connectivity.

    Ecodetect can integrate satellite terminals, cellular modems and hybrid communications systems to ensure data reaches shore reliably, wherever the deployment is located.

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    Acoustic modems

    Where surface communications are not possible, acoustic modems allow data to be transmitted through water between subsea instruments and surface nodes.

    This is particularly useful for seabed lander deployments, subsea infrastructure monitoring and situations where cabled connections are impractical.

Power. Keeping everything running for weeks or months, matched to your site and how much energy your sensors need.

  • Solar-powered Ecodetect surface station with battery box in a harbour

    Solar panels

    Low-maintenance power for surface buoys, jetty stations and coastal sites.

    Panels charge the system batteries through the day, keeping sensors, processing and communications running around the clock.

  • Ducted ocean-current turbine on a display stand

    Ocean-current turbines

    For subsea deployments, a turbine can harvest energy from the ambient ocean current, as on our seabed lander.

    This makes long-duration, autonomous monitoring possible at remote sites, without regular battery changes.

  • Blue subsea battery pack mounted in a galvanised steel deployment frame

    Battery packs

    Simple, self-contained power for shorter surveys and accessible sites, with no extra equipment in the water.

    Batteries also store energy from every other source, so the system keeps running overnight and through calm spells.

  • Subsea power and data connectors on a teal background

    Wired (host) power

    Where there is power already available, on a tidal turbine, offshore foundation, pontoon or quayside, we can connect to it directly.

    A wired supply gives continuous operation and supports the most demanding sensor packages.

Mitigate. Turning a detection into action, automatically and in real time.

  • Stainless steel acoustic deterrent with a black emitter head on a vessel deck

    Acoustic deterrents

    Where appropriate, monitoring can also connect to mitigation.

    Ecodetect can integrate acoustic deterrent technologies into wider monitor, detect, mitigate and report workflows, helping offshore operators respond when marine mammals or other species of interest are present.

Tell us what you need to monitor.

Every project starts with a conversation. Describe your environment, your target species or your compliance requirements, and we will recommend the sensor configuration that fits.

Talk to our team