Class 119/236 - Spawning, hatching, and larval development

Subclass of Class 119 - Animal husbandry
Definition: Subject matter relating to mollusk egg production and fertilization
No. of patents: 21
Last issue date: 01/04/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7861672	Commercial post larval collector habitat The collector habitat device comprises panels of non-biodegradable and/or synthetic fibrous material set in durable weatherproof frames and attached to a base; when placed in, the panels hang within the water column providing numerous parallel settlement surfaces fo...	01/04/2011
7320293	Method for cultivating novel species of Ino with tangerine color shell The invention refers to a method for breeding of a variety of Pacific abalone with orange shell. A new strain with uniform shell color of Pacific abalone is established by single mating or mass mating. The detailed procedures are as follows. The mature individuals w...	01/22/2008
7179643	Device and a process for expansion of haemopoeitic stem cells for therapeutic use A sterilizable bio-reactor comprising a three-dimensional reactor culture assembly substantially equivalent to a bone marrow micro environment, an inert bio-compatible scaffolding material located on a base of the reactor culture assembly to provide a micro environm...	02/20/2007
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
7013836	Enhancing maturation of oocytes in bivalves A method is disclosed for using a spawning agent and a steroid to stimulate gonadal development, oocyte maturation, and meiotic synchrony in oysters and other bivalves. Advantages of the novel technique include a decrease in the variability of fertilization among di...	03/21/2006
6578523	Mussel cultivation device Mussels are commonly grown on ropes which have been seeded with immature molluscs. Past techniques for farming mussels have suffered from low product yields because of the low surface area of a mussel rope, and mussel detachment from the rope. Existing de...	06/17/2003
6305323	Apparatus and a method and system of rearing abalone The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method rearing abalone. The apparatus comprises a water channel defining by lateral sides, the top edge of the individual longer lateral side being mounted with a reinforcing board; a plurality of partit...	10/23/2001
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
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
5824841	Tetraploid shellfish Provided by this invention are novel tetraploid mollusks, including oysters, scallops, clams, mussels and abalone. Also, provided are a method for producing the tetraploid mollusks and a method for producing triploid mollusks by mating the novel tetraploi...	10/20/1998
5328689	Induction of settlement and metamorphosis in crassostrea virginica by melanin-synthesizing bacteria and ammonia, and metabolic products of said bacteria The present invention relates to the discovery of a new bacteria of the genus Alteromonas which has been found to attract oyster larvae by the production of compounds involved in melanin synthesis. More specifically, the present invention contemplates a m...	07/12/1994
5269254	Method and apparatus for growing oyster reef A method for forming an oyster reef, includes setting seed oysters on cultch material, placing the cultch material containing the seed oysters in water permeable panels to form a vertical permeable wall of cultch material through which water may flow, and...	12/14/1993
5144907	Scallop aquaculture A novel method is provided herein for the culturing of giant scallops from the egg stage to the juvenile stage. The method includes the following steps: firstly, obtaining and feeding native scallops. Secondly, inducing spawning in the scallop. Thirdly, s...	09/08/1992
5047344	Induction of settlement and metamorphosis in Crassostrea virginica by melanin-synthesizing bacteria and ammonia, and metabolic products of said bacteria The present invention relates to the discovery of a new bacteria of the genus Alteromonas which has been found to attract oyster larvae by the production of compounds involved in melanin synthesis. More specifically, the present invention contemplates a m...	09/10/1991
4834024	Inducing polyploidy in oysters A method of inducing polyploidy in oysters through the use of hydrostatic pressure is disclosed. The method includes separating oysters from one another such that male oysters are separated from female oysters, inducing the oysters to spawn, controlling t...	05/30/1989
4532883	Process for controlling the microbial environment in abalone mariculture In a process for mariculture of abalone, the male and female abalone are pretreated prior to spawning with one or more antibiotics in a seawater bath that is essentially bacteria-free. Eggs are filtered from the bath in which spawned and fertilized, and p...	08/06/1985
4449480	Culture of freshwater mussel glochidia in an artificial habitat utilizing complex liquid growth media A proess, and a composition of matter utilized therein, to obtain transformation of the glochidia of freshwater mussels to the juvenile stage. In nature, glochidia normally transform while as parasites on fish. The instant artificial process involves the ...	05/22/1984
4253418	Abalone mariculture A tank for use in the culturing of marine and aquatic organisms that undergo larval settlement upon submerged surfaces and metamorphose thereon to become benthic motile animals that crawl upon said surfaces and graze food found thereon, such as abalone (p...	03/03/1981
4226210	Abalone mariculture A process for culturing abalone (phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda, family Haliotidae); other gastropod molluscs including, but not limited to, conch (class Gastropoda; genera Strombus, Cassis, Charonia and others), Chilean "loco" (Concholepas, concholepa...	10/07/1980
4198926	Method to induce spawning in shellfish Addition of an oxidizing agent which yields electronically activated oxygen, such as hydrogen peroxide, to seawater induces spawning and reproduction in shellfish, such as abalones, mussels, scallops and oysters. Such oxidizing agent, e.g. hydrogen peroxi...	04/22/1980
4183322	Abalone mariculture In a process and apparatus for mariculture of abalone, fertilized abalone eggs are filtered from the environment in which they are spawned and fertilized and placed at controlled density into a constant temperature hatching bath of filtered seawater. The ...	01/15/1980

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Class 119/236 - Spawning, hatching, and larval development