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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087384 | Systems and methods for boat anesthetization of aquatic animals A boat holding tank for anesthetizing fish is described having a pulsator, with the pulsator having an anode output and a cathode output; a holding tank capable of receiving an aquatic animal, the holding tank further comprising an anode probe and a cathode probe, w... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7690330 | Aquaculture raceway with waste removal section Waste removal from raceways for raising aquatic animals is improved by providing a waste removal section at the downstream end of the raceways whereby the waste removal section is separated from the rest of the raceway by a vertical or near vertical screen. The mesh... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7467601 | Method and system for aquaculture production A system and method provide an intensive aquaculture system for producing caviar or other goods. The system has a photosynthetic subsystem to consume waste from a production species, a food production subsystem to consume the photosynthetic species and be eaten by t... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7363877 | Method of emptying a container, and use of the method A method of emptying a large container of e.g. 12000 litres for the storage of fish, such as shellfish, e.g. shrimps, said container being emptied through a pipe in the container, air being supplied simultaneously with the emptying. The air is expediently supplied t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7287488 | Raceway for cultivating aquatic organisms A floatable raceway (1) for cultivating fish comprising a partially submersible tank (2) for containing fish having a base (5), opposing sidewalls (6), a gate assembly (8) having removable gates (10, 11) at a water discharge... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7201114 | Apparatus for guiding aquatic crustaceans by utilizing their biological tendency responding to bright and dark contrast Apparatuses for directing the displacement of aquatic crustaceans are provided and are particularly used to carry out the methods for attracting the motion of aquatic crustaceans after feeding by utilizing their biological tendency responding to a bright and dark co... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7174850 | Multi-layered aquaculture system By directing the none-molting crustaceans to move into a predetermined area in a culture tank, the present invention discloses a multi-layered aquaculture system with shallow-water containers which is based upon the utilization of the methods and apparatus to elimin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7069875 | Portable raceway A large low cost vessel for holding flowable materials is disclosed. The vessel has a body formed of elongate rollable sheets of buoyant material that when assembled into an upwardly concave vessel having bulkheads at its ends, the vessel is self-supporting in both ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7000567 | Method for guiding aquatic crustaceans by utilizing their biological tendency responding to bright and dark contrast A method for directing the displacement of aquatic crustaceans after feeding by utilizing their biological tendency responding to a bright and dark contrast is provided. This method comprises steps to generate the visual effect of this bright and dark contrast at a ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6327996 | Biosecure zero-exchange system for maturation and growout of marine animals A system and a method of growing shrimp, allowing balanced processes to accomplish the intensive culture of shrimp while reducing the risk of loss due to disease or environmental contaminants. Specifically, the present invention involves a unique combinat... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6257170 | Aquatic housing system An aquatic housing system that has a frame that defines two or more housing levels. Each housing level has a plurality of tanks for housing aquatic animals. Each tank has a front mounted plumbing assembly that allows both water overflow and drainage to be... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6125791 | Aquatic housing system An aquatic housing system having a rack that supports at least two housing levels. Each level includes a tank frame from which the tanks are held in suspended relation in back to back rows. A tank lid covers at least two fish tanks. A water manifold has s... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5816196 | Device and method for volitionally orienting fish A device and method for volitionally orienting fish relies upon the instinctive reactions of fish in order to ensure that when the fish exit a containing vessel, they do so with a uniform anatomical orientation, such as head-first, dorsal-side-up. The con... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5660141 | Process and arrangement for the supply of water to a pond An apparatus for breeding fish comprises a pool having an impervious annular outer wall for floating in a body of water. A water distributor is located in an upper portion of the pool for directing the flow of water into the pool to set the volume of wate... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5660142 | Water quality control in fish ponds There is provided a system for water quality control and improvement in intensive fish culture systems. The aim of the water treatment is to reduce the content of inorganic nitrogen and of organic matter. The system comprises a fish pond, a settling pond,... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5154136 | Outdoor fish aquarium An outdoor fish aquarium has an upper and lower part, where the lower part is a cylindrical well where the fish would be safe from freezing weather. The aquarium is designed so that the water in the well would not all freeze in the coldest parts of the ye... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4961400 | Rotating brush aeration system An apparatus for aerating fish ponds utilizes a cylindrical brush mounted for rotary motion below the top of a dam or headwall. Water passing over the dam and falling into a fish pond below the dam falls onto and over the cylindrical brush causing the bru... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4655169 | Tank for growing fish According to the invention there is proposed an arrangement in tanks for growing living fish. Each tank (20) is per se of conventional embodiment, with a peripheral inlet and a central outlet for water. According to the invention, one or more spiral groov... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4654147 | Automated system for continuous monitoring and control of the amount of dissolved oxygen in a plurality of marine life farming pools or sewage treatment installations An automated control system for maintaining a supply of dissolved oxygen (DO) within a given range in each of a given plurality of pools for treating sewerage, farming fish, or the like, and energizing an alarm system (148 FIG. 1) which, when energized, w... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4522151 | Aerator An aerator nozzle and system for aerating a body of liquid which includes a combined air and liquid discharge nozzle unit respectively supplied from an air compressor and a liquid pump wherein the nozzle unit includes a liquid discharge nozzle with an air... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4488508 | Aeration/circulation method and apparatus utilizing low pressure air A low pressure valveless floating aeration system for providing oxygen and circulation to a water impoundment, utilizing one or more floating elongate members supporting a substantially uniform assemblage of air diffusers spaced above the bottom of the im... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4457441 | Tank assembly A tank assembly normally used in laboratories is disclosed. The tank assembly is modular including one or more channel modules and a connector module positioned at each end. The connector modules are of different types including bend modules and end modul... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4441452 | Method and apparatus for aerating fish ponds An improved apparatus for and method of aerating fish ponds utilizes a portable, wheel mounted, tractor drawn and driven pumping apparatus adapted to be backed into a pond to submerge the pump intake with the tractor remaining on the bank adjacent the wat... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4177758 | Rearing apparatus for fish fry A rectangular rearing tank is provided with an underflow outlet conduit extending to beneath a tank corner where it couples to a smooth-curved transitional conduit section forming a bottom part of a weir chamber through which both underflow and overflow e... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4169050 | Buoyant contact surfaces in waste treatment pond A wastewater treatment and reclamation system using natural ecological processes consisting of ponds; greenhouse pond cover; pollution-consuming, floating aquatic plants; high-surface-area, submerged, activated bio-web substrates for greatly increasing fi... | 09/25/1979 |
