Sustainable Seafood Resources by Applying Industry 4.0: A Short Note

The First, Second, Third Industrial Revolutions started with the advent of steam and waterpower, electric power and mass manufacturing techniques, and information technology and automation, respectively [1,2]. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, known as Industry 4.0, is a much-discussed topic in the literature nowadays [1]. According to Industrial Internet Consortium (2017) [3], Industry 4.0 is defined as “the integration of complex physical machinery and devices with networked sensors and software, used to predict, control and plan for better business and societal outcomes”. When it is looked as a single interpretation of the above, it is rather difficult to connect how the application of the concept Industry 4.0 can help sustain the seafood natural resources from the coastal environment. Generation of economy with seafood products with high quality will certainly make a country to sustain its GDP per capital at the carrying capacity limit or can potentially exceeding it. The idea of this paper is grounded based on logical understanding between seafood sources and industry 4.0.