System, apparatus, and method for underwater tagging of marine fauna

Patent 6286460 Issued on September 11, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 5, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Gudbjornsson, Sigmar

Assignee

Star Oddi

Application

No. 565479 filed on 05/05/2000

US Classes:

119/200, AQUATIC ANIMAL CULTURING119/215Fish culturing

Examiners

Primary: Jordan, Charles T.
Assistant: Shaw, Elizabeth

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Bacon & Thomas, PL

Foreign Patent References

0 662 617 EP. 07/22/1995
WO 90/03070 WO. 03/22/1990
WO 92/04703 WO. 03/22/1992

International Class

A01K 061/00

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method for underwater self-contained and remotely controllable tagging of marine fauna involves emplacement of a tagging unit that can be used for example in a fishing trawl and establishment of communications with the unit through a cable wire that may be conventional. Numerous types of information can be recorded in relation to the tagging, including two- and/or three-dimensional images of the animal, to be used at a later date when the tagged animal is recovered. The method decreases tagging mortality and the biological effects of tagging on the animals, since they are not exposed to temperature and pressure changes, human handling and, at times, anesthesia. The embodiment makes it possible to tag deep-sea species that have never been tagged due to the fact that they would not survive the ambient changes of coming to the water's surface.

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