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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020516 | Device and method for the capture of larvae and the sea-culture of sea urchins and abalone A device and method for the sea-based culture of sea urchins and abalones includes two parallel lateral elements, where each one of their ends has a groove and a hole for the installation of four braces. The center areas of the braces have a plurality of parallel an... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7222047 | System and method for monitoring and controlling an aquatic environment A system and method for monitoring and controlling an aquatic environment thus regulating the aquatic environment and maximizing the stability of the aquatic ecosystem. This system uses sensor and data fusion algorithms to perform system anomaly analysis and predict... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7144196 | Biologically-dominated artificial reef An apparatus and method of reducing the effects of hydrodynamic forces of waves and water currents in coastal environments (e.g., oceans, and coastal, river, lake, and reservoir banks). The apparatus is an oysterbreak having two basic designs adapted to allow for th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7114461 | Method for raising aquatic animals A method of culturing aquatic animals utilizes a habitat including at least one habitat unit, each habitat unit being constructed of a plurality of concentric tubes with a fixed radial spacing. The habitat is immersed in an aquatic environment containing larvae of a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104219 | Piling decontamination and marine life enhancement system A marine habitat enhancement system is provided that in one embodiment is configured for attachment to existing pilings and in another embodiment is a stand-alone system anchored to the soil. The system includes a housing formed of a plurality of panels configured f... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6980228 | Monitoring buoy system A buoy system for observing and monitoring the surface of a large predetermined area of water including a flotation device; a waterproof imaging device attached to the exterior of the flotation device, the imaging device operable for obtaining continuous real-time i... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978735 | Artificial fish habitat An artificial fish habitat (10) comprises an open framework (12) including a plurality of layers (14). The layers (14) each include an open portion (20) and are generally aligned so that the open portions (20) cooperate to d... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6953006 | System and method for clam farming A system and method for clam farming includes a supply ship coupled to a clam planter via a supply tube bundle having a plurality of individual tubes. The supply ship has a separation station configured for introducing individual clams into the individual supply tub... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6892672 | Apparatus for breeding fish in open sea Fish-breeding apparatus (10), which comprises a frame, supporting one or a plurality of breeding cages (11) and provided with hollow buoyancy elements (17), and at least one device for controlling the buoyancy of the apparatus by filling, totall... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6582612 | Plankton mitigation system A method of mitigating plankton from fish pens moves denser cleaning water from a selected depth into the pen and discharges it to flow horizontally across the pen, but with a downward component and at a sufficient velocity so that the cleaning water swee... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6539894 | Aquaculture farm system and method An aquaculture system for cultivation, containment and rearing of various mollusks, particularly abalone, which includes a habitat which supports a plurality of molded panels including openings for communicating between adjacent panels, whereby food is av... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6520116 | Method and apparatus for supporting aquacultured mussels A support apparatus adapted to support mussels in an aquatic mussel harvesting operation. The apparatus has a support extension that is adapted to be inserted into a harvesting support that is adapted to facilitate growth of mussels. An upper surface is p... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6230646 | Deep ocean, mid-water farming apparatus A deep ocean, mid-water farming apparatus, for propagating bi-valves, kelp and sea weed comprising a plurality of air-containing tanks arranged in a frame and including a lower frame element and an upper frame element, a device for anchoring the tanks in ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6223689 | Nelson trawlers aquaculture unit An aquaculture system for allowing live seafood such as clam seeds to grow on a floatation raft which can be positioned in water dock spaces of a marina. A first embodiment allows for an air source such as a regenerative blower to pump air into airlifts u... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6119630 | Installation for in situ monitoring the quality of habitat of aquatic organisms An installation for in situ monitoring the quality of a habitat of aquatic organisms with minimal disturbance to the aquatic organisms. In a first aspect of the present invention, the monitoring installation uses invertebrate sentinel species such as muss... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6089191 | Marine habitat systems A family of man-made marine habitat systems and methods are disclosed for placement in various waterways to restore the natural marine environments that have been previously destroyed by commercial development as well as mitigate the damage caused by futu... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6024050 | Shellfish aquaculture upwellers and systems A shellfish aquaculture upweller system utilizes one or more upwellers having a volume-defining silo, a selectively removable exhaust port and a selectively removable and liquid permeable assembly. The silo includes a top end, an apertured bottom end and ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5884585 | Underwater high relief fence habitat A fence-like habitat for sheltering and feeding fish, and practicing aquaculture. The fence serves as a shield for small and juvenile fish which seek protection from predators and water movement. The habitat offers substrates for use in the aquaculture of... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5785002 | Submersible breeding structure A submersible structure for breeding piscicultural species in any aquatic environment that includes at least one frame member shaped and devised to accommodate a plurality of bunches of fibers. A series of frame members containing bunches of fibers can be... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5769027 | Aquaculture container and construction An aquaculture container for raising shellfish is formed of a homogeneous, monolithic monocoque shell by forming one or more openings therein and installing screen, net, or mesh over the opening(s). The container may be formed of a plastic 55 gallon barre... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5628280 | Oyster cleansing/purification array An oyster and other molluscan cleansing system suitable for purifying, or promoting the growout of, for example, oysters, clams, mussels, or the like. The preferred embodiment of the present invention teaches a system wherein there is provided a central p... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5511514 | Method of cultivating shellfish The invention relates to the cultivation of shellfish. A first type of shellfish capable of securing themselves to a cultch such as by producing byssus are seeded onto a culture rope together with a second type of shellfish which are not capable of securi... | 04/30/1996 |
| 4996943 | Process for preparing cultch for mollusca This application describes a process for the production of a growth medium or cultch for mollusca, particularly oysters, comprising contacting preformed cultch made from coal ash wastes with larvae of the mollusca and permitting the larvae to settle there... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4950104 | Artificial substrates for marine biomass enhancement and wave energy absorption Artificial substrates for use in open sea enhancing biomass and/or absorbing wave energy, improved by means of particular dispositions and devices concerning their number, mooring, flotation, and using buried anchors and inertia weights. The artificial su... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4872782 | Artificial substrates for marine biomass enhancement and wave energy absorption Artificial substrates for use in open sea enhancing biomass and/or absorbing wave energy, improved by means of particular dispositions and devices concerning their number, mooring, and flotation. They are associated with affixed sessile algae and shellfish. Th... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4844015 | Artificial oyster cultch Described is an oyster cultch made from coal-ash wastes substantially as effective as the natural oyster-shell cultch.... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4788937 | Oyster bed fostering The method of fostering shellfish beds, particularly oyster beds, by distributing chunks of rubber or rubber chips on the bottom of a body of water. The chunks of rubber or rubber chips may be produced by chopping or shredding old rubber tires into pieces... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4508057 | Algal culturing reef unit, artificial reef unit and artificial culturing and fishing field unit An artificial algal culturing reef unit, an artificial reef unit and an artificial culturing and fishing area unit, aimed at raising or culturing algae, fishes and shellfishes, are usually submerged in a shallow sea zone with a depth ranging between 5 and... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4438725 | Method of growing molluscs Method of growing molluscs, such as oysters, which comprises inducing larvae to settle on small particles of cultch and subsequently maintaining the particles of cultch with spat attached in suspension in a liquid growing medium until they have reached th... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4348983 | Method for inducing set in planktonic bivalves A method for inducing the setting of planktonic bivalves onto a substrate is disclosed. Planktonic bivalves, which have reached the competent pediveliger stage, are exposed to certain 1-substituted-3,4-dihydroxylbenzenes at a sufficient concentration to ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4270488 | System and apparatus for cultivating and harvesting oysters A shell fish cultivating and harvesting system utilizes a cultivating apparatus from which oyster cultch is suspended and which is equipped with pontoons having fore and aft compartments that are selectively blown and flooded to float and submerge the app... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4182270 | Abalone habitat An abalone habitat comprising a container and a plurality of non-circumscribing panels in the container to which the abalone can attach. The container is porous to allow sea water to enter the container, and the container has an opening to permit insertio... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4177759 | Apparatus and method for collecting oysters A method and a device for collecting oyster broods utilizing a collecting grill with the following features: (a) a rectangular frame onto which are attached a series of parallel bars, (b) a series of ribs encircling each bar, spaced the length of one oyst... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4052961 | Apparatus for planting seed oysters An apparatus for uniformly distributing seed oysters over a previously prepared seed bed, comprising a shallow draft vessel having a V-shaped hold, a channel in the lower portion of the hold running substantially the length of the vessel, the sides defini... | 10/11/1977 |
