Technological target areas

The main target area is the introduction of new information technologies and intelligent agents in a primary sector such as the traditional coastal fishery to improve the commercialisation of its products.

The designated targets are:

• Creation of an electronic auction that will enable the purchase of fish in different wholesale markets by means of intelligent agents, through the Internet.
• Creation of a server centre that will supervise the interaction between the wholesale markets and the buyers and will allow buyers to access any wholesale fish market in the system using the Internet.
• Creation of a tool that will allow remote buyers to create and set up their own purchasing agents in order to participate in several auctions at a time.
• Creation of a testing and training tool that will enable the simulation of purchases, compare the results and behaviour of the agents, before using them in real auctions.
• Integration in real wholesale fish markets and demonstration of operation. The system will be set up in the two wholesale fish markets participating in the project in order to exhibit the system's possibilities.