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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6971535 | Containment vessel A containment vessel formed from at least two rigid panels placed in a parallel plane having a spacer positioned between the panels wherein a containment area is formed along an upper surface of the spacer and inner surface of the rigid panels. The spacer can be for... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6837183 | Device for harvesting of and tending to shells and for cleaning of an associated shell collector in water A device for example for the harvesting of farmed bivalves (6) in water (4), the bivalves (6) being attached to and growing on a bivalve net (10) in the water (4). According to the invention, the device, a bivalve harvester (2 | 01/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 5836266 | Apparatus for connecting shellfish to culture rope An apparatus is used to connect shellfish to a culture rope, which includes a shellfish transfer unit (5, 23, 29, 31) that transfers shellfish in a predetermined direction, shellfish (7) being transferred, two by two, in parallel upstanding orientation wi... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5758602 | Drift weed trapping and algae growing abalone cage and construction technique A cage for growing abalone, or other suitable underwater species, includes a ballast device having a device for holding the cage steady in flowing water. The cage is constructed substantially from a stiff mesh material, with at least two opposite faces of... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5579724 | Oyster holder for oyster growing system Holders (10) for growing individual oysters each including a cup-like member (12) having a lip (20) defining a cylindrical cavity (16) of a size sufficient to allow a seedling or juvenile oyster to be at least partially, and preferably completely, placed ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5515813 | Aquatic cultivator An aquatic cultivator (12) suitable for culturing aquatic invertebrates, fishes, and the like requiring broad surfaces for attachment, comprising a base (26), a hub (28), and a plurality of partitions (24). The base (26) contains a plurality of cutouts (3... | 05/14/1996 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5199377 | Artificial reefs manufactured from coal combustion by-products The invention provides an artificial cultch for mollusca formed of coal or lignite combustion by products (CCBP) such as fly ash and bottom ash with an optional binder, lime or Portland Cement The cultches are hemispherical or round-shaped and may be rand... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4896626 | Shellfish culture methods and apparatus Apparatus for the cultchless cultivation of marine bivalve mollusks, e.g., oysters and clams, has a plurality of quadilrateral compartments connected together by a pair of longitudinal cords in the form of a continuous belt. In use of the apparatus, spat ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4589370 | Mollusc culture Method of growing molluscs, such as oysters, which method comprises placing a bed of discrete oysters in a vessel through which a stream of a culture medium is caused to flow upwardly and wherein the flow rate is sufficient to maintain the oysters in susp... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4231322 | Apparatus for growing oysters and other molluscs A method is disclosed in which cultchless young oysters of a selected size taken from seed stock are placed in a first set of foraminous cribs and the first set of foraminous cribs are then placed on a shelf within an open top receptacle where the young o... | 11/04/1980 |
| 3996895 | System for growing concentrated populations of oysters and related shellfish A system is described for holding dense population of filter-feeding organisms, such as free, or "cultchless" oysters and hardshell clams in a configuration opposed to currents of nutrient-laden sea water. The system consists of means that both channel cu... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3996894 | System for growing concentrated populations of oysters and related shellfish A system is described for holding dense population of filter-feeding organisms, such as free, or "cultchless" oysters and hardshell clams in a configuration opposed to currents of nutrient-laden sea water. The system consists of means that both channel cu... | 12/14/1976 |
