| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 119204000 | Crustacean culturing | 34 |
| 20080216756 | Method Of Cultivating Animals To Develop A Desired Color And To Increase Their Rate Of Growth - The present invention provides an animal feed consisting of photosynthetic bacteria which is useful for imparting desired color to an animal and for increasing the growth rate of the animal. Specifically, the feed is given to farm raised aquatic animals such as salmon so that they develop a more palatable pink flesh. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090145367 | CARING SHELL FOR HERMIT CRAB - A caring shell for hermit crab is provided. The caring shell comprises a main shell and a movable cover. The main shell has an opening, a through hole, and a receiving chamber. The receiving chamber is formed within the main shell for receiving the body of the hermit crab. The opening is formed on the front of the main shell for hermit crab moving into the receiving chamber. The through hole is formed on the main shell and communicates the receiving chamber and the outer space out of the main shell. Therefore, the body of the hermit crab within the movable cover can be obversed or touched via the through hole. The movable cover can assembled to the main shell for optionally opening and closing the through hole. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100170450 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR GROWING CRUSTACEANS AND OTHER FISH - A recirculated marine aquaculture system and process for growing crustaceans or other fish within a body of water. Water from the body of water is treated by stripping carbon dioxide and biological byproducts and by oxygenating the water. A water treatment unit may be provided to treat the water and provide movement to the body water. The water treatment unit can be configured to provide cavitation to the water, which aids in the removal of carbon dioxide and biological byproducts. Water may also be cycled through a deflocculation tank to reduce the floc of bacteria within the body of water to acceptable levels for optimal growth of crustaceans or other fish within a body of water. Using the system and the deflocculation tank has the advantage of significantly reducing the water exchange rates and even the water effluent, while maintaining acceptable water quality for growing crustaceans or other fish. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100218727 | COMPACT CULTURE SYSTEMS - Devices and methods are disclosed for the containment, hatching, and culture of aquatic and semi-aquatic organisms. Methods and device can be applied widely in the care and culture of aquatic and semi-aquatic organisms important in the aquaculture industry, aquarium and pet hobby, science instruction and education, environmental screening and toxicity testing, and the education-entertainment field. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100282176 | METHOD OF ARTIFICIALLY REARING LOBSTER LARVAE AND REARING APPARATUS - A method of artificially rearing lobster larvae, in which lobster larvae of the Palinuridae and Scyllaridae families are guided toward jellyfish so that the lobster larvae parasitize the jellyfish and grow on the host jellyfish. An apparatus for rearing lobster larvae wherein a symbiotic feeding tank ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120312243 | AUTOMATED CONTINUOUS ZOOPLANKTON CULTURE SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for determining the concentration of zooplankton in a continuous zooplankton culture system. The system may include a transmissiometer, a sample tube, a first sample containing water and microalgae, and a second sample containing water, microalgae, and zooplankton. The concentration of zooplankton in the system may be calculated by comparing the transmissiometer output from the first sample and the second sample, wherein each of said outputs are obtained by moving each sample into the sample tube such that the transmissionmeter is positioned to take a reading across the tube. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130152864 | AQUACULTURE LIGHTING DEVICES AND METHODS - A lighting assembly for enhancing the growth of aquatic life in an ecosystem and method of enhancing the growth of aquatic life in such an ecosystem. The assembly includes a vessel submerged within water of the ecosystem. A substrate is disposed within and surrounded by the vessel and provides electronics to provide a conditioned current to a plurality of light emitting diodes also contained on the substrate. The light emitting diodes emit light within the water of the ecosystem that provides for growth, not only in a larger volume of the ecosystem, but in addition enhances the growth of the aquatic life. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20150296752 | MIXOTROPHIC METHOD OF AQUACULTURE - The present invention relates to a method of aquaculture of at least one farmed organism, such as fish, shrimp or any organism suitable for farming in an aquatic environment. There is provided a method of aquaculture of at least one farmed organism, the method comprising steps: (i) providing an aquatic environment comprising at least one farmed organism, phytoplankton and bacteria; (ii) providing at least one phytoplankton nutrient and at least one bacteria nutrient during a first predetermined period, allowing phytoplankton and bacteria to grow in a first predetermined phytoplankton:bacteria ratio of more than 1; (iii) providing at least one phytoplankton nutrient and at least one bacteria nutrient during a second predetermined period, allowing phytoplankton and bacteria to grow in a second predetermined phytoplankton:bacteria ratio, wherein the second predetermined phytoplankton:bacteria ratio is lower than the first predetermined phytoplankton:bacteria ratio; and (iv) providing at least one phytoplankton nutrient and at least one bacteria nutrient during a third predetermined period, allowing phytoplankton and bacteria to grow in a third predetermined phytoplankton:bacteria ratio, wherein the third predetermined phytoplankton:bacteria ratio is lower than the second predetermined phytoplankton:bacteria ratio, thereby allowing the at least one farmed organism to grow. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150305313 | INTEGRATED MULTI-TROPHIC FARMING PROCESS - The described invention is an integrated multi-trophic farming process and methods thereof that creates a linkage between aquaculture, hydroponics, agriculture, and algae production. The process and methods described herein enable one skilled in the art of aquaculture, agriculture, hydroponics, and/or algae production to integrate aquaculture practices with their respective industry. The process and methods described within are applied to freshwater, brackish, and/or saltwater aquaculture production systems. The processes and methods described herein enable one skilled in the art to produce fish and/or aquatic animals in conjunction with plant and/or algae crops with less consumption of water, feed, and/or fertilizers when compared to conventional open source farming practices such as but not limited to aquaculture, agriculture, and/or algae production | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160183500 | Method and System for Enhancing Growth and Survivability of Aquatic Organisms - A method for enhancing the production of aquatic organisms under cultivation, including the steps of exposing the aquatic organisms to a submerged illumination source inside water of a rearing unit; and maintaining illumination in the rearing unit for a rearing period. | 06-30-2016 |
| 119205000 | Mating, spawning, and hatching | 5 |
| 20100162962 | METHODS OF RAISING CRUSTACEANS IN LOW SALINITY WATER - The present invention relates to methods of raising crustaceans, comprising maintaining crustaceans in low salinity water having a Calcium-sensing Receptor (CaSR) modulator(s), and adding feed that contains an agent that contributes to modulation of a crustacean CaSR to the water. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110139084 | METHOD OF PROMOTING THE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF PENAEUS SHRIMPS - A method of improving the reproductive performance of penaeus shrimps comprises a step of treating a fresh diet with sodium alginate and a step of feeding female penaeus shrimps with the treated fresh diet to enhance the breeding ability of female penaeus shrimps, also promote growth and survival of the subsequent larvae of the female penaeus shrimps. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120073508 | INSULIN-LIKE GENE IN PRAWNS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding an insulin-like factor of the androgenic gland of the freshwater prawn | 03-29-2012 |
| 119206000 | With separating means | 2 |
| 20080216757 | Breeding tank - A breeding tank comprising at least two dish-like breeding tubs each having a breeding space and each having a tub bottom and an opening surrounded by a periphery of a top of each of the dish-like breeding tubs, the tub bottoms of all the dish-like breeding tubs are arranged in a mutually vertically stacking mode, and the opening of each lower dish-like breeding tub is larger than that of its-upper dish-like breeding tub, all the dish-like breeding tubs are made of transparent material except the lowermost dish-like breeding tub. The present invention thus can make multiple vertically stacking breeding spaces in a limited space for breeding aquatic animals such as fishes, shrimps and crustacea etc. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20100242850 | 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 for post-larvae. A float assembly, optionally attached to the opposite side of the base from the panels, allows the device to float just below the water's surface. The collector habitat device also incorporates a guard, surrounding the panels, with apertures to allow settlement-stage post-larvae access to the settlement surfaces, while preventing larger organisms and potential predators from gaining access. The collector habitat device also, optionally, incorporates an optionally removable/re-attachable reservoir hung below the guard; and an optional olfactory attractant delivery device. | 09-30-2010 |
| 119207000 | Habitat | 13 |
| 20090038556 | Method For Culturing Benthic Organisms Without Feeding - A method for culturing benthic organisms in a culture pond without feeding uses an apparatus for continuously drawing up bottom layer water and dispersing it into upper layer water. The apparatus is provided for a culture pond of benthic organisms. Organic matter in the bottom layer water is mixed with the upper layer water to be mineralized, thereby raising the density of inorganic nutrient salts, so that photosynthesis in the upper layer water is activated to increase plant plankton. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20100031892 | METHOD FOR STORAGE OF LIVE CRUSTACEANS - Provided is a method for storage of live crustaceans. The method is performed by causing the live crustacean to enter into an anesthetized state by exposing the crustacean to a combination of xenon and oxygen, cooling the anesthetized live crustacean to a temperature of 1° C. to 10° C. to cause the crustacean to enter into a state of anabiosis, and storing the live crustacean in the state of anabiosis under ambient pressure at 1° C. to 10° C. under from 90% to 100% humidity. Also provided is a container containing a plurality of live crustaceans that are in a state of anabiosis via performance of the method. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100071629 | MULTI-LAYER AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTED BY THE USAGE OF COMMERCIAL SUPPORTING STRUCTURES - The present invention discloses a structure for supporting multi-layer aquaculture facilities by the usage of construction scaffold systems and other supporting structures used by commercial storage/retrieval and horticulture greenhouse systems, allowing rapid construction of multi-layer aquaculture systems to be achieved with commercially available components. The modifications and conversions of the components involve transforming existing supporting systems, stairways or powered elevating systems, environment adjusting modules, and positioning parts into various components of a multi-layer aquaculture facility, including: 1) various frames supporting water tanks and pipe lines in multi-layer aquaculture facilities, 2) vertical stairways and elevating systems for transporting people and goods in multi-layer aquaculture facilities, 3) environment adjusting modules, 4) holding, positioning and stabilizing components in multi-layer aquaculture facilities, and 5) personnel safety components in multi-layer aquaculture facilities. These aquaculture facilities include small aquaculture facilities used in laboratories and classrooms, medium-size aquaculture facilities used for exhibit and display purposes, and large aquaculture facilities used in aquaculture farms. The cultured aquatics include fishes, shrimps, shellfishes, and algae. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20120204801 | System and Method of Shrimp Aquaculture Using Floating Feed - According to a first aspect, the disclosure provides a shrimp aquaculture system containing a water container and floating feed for shrimp made of floating feed pellets. More specifically, the water containing may also contain water, such as a fresh water or saline water, including hyper saline water, and shrimp. In certain embodiments, at least 95% of the floating feed pellets may to remain on the surface of water for at least 1 minute after being placed on the water or may have an average specific gravity of between 0.1 and 1.1. According to a second aspect, the disclosure relates to a method of shrimp aquaculture including feeding floating feed to shrimp by placing the floating feed on water, such as fresh water or saline water, containing the shrimp. The floating feed may include at least 5% floating feed pellets. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120210944 | Hydro-electric generation method and system with saltwater flume for aquaculture - Embodiments that generate electrical power via hydro-electric systems that employ man-made flumes configured to support saltwater aquaculture are disclosed. Various embodiments pump water, such as saltwater or freshwater, into supply a man-made flume. The embodiments may generally employ a blade assembly to harness wind power and drive a mechanical pump that transfers the water into the man-made flume. The flumes in different embodiments may contain different forms of aquaculture, such as shrimp, fish, and crabs. As water flows through the flume, the continual fresh supply may continually aerate the water in the flume to support the aquatic life. Water exiting the flume may impact a turbine that is coupled to a generator to generate electrical power. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120247395 | RESTRAINING FISH TANK AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a device for immobilizing aquatic animals, the device comprising a receptacle for holding an aquatic animal in a volume of water, an opening in the receptacle for placement and removal of the aquatic animal, a restraint positioned inside the receptacle for restraining the aquatic animal, and a tube attached to the receptacle for supplying air or aerated water to the receptacle. The present invention further provides methods of immobilizing and imaging live aquatic animals using the device of the present invention. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130068170 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPER-INTENSIVE SHRIMP PRODUCTION - The disclosure relates to a shrimp aquaculture structure including a set of at least two raceways of increasing depth each having a length and width and including two ends, two side walls having a top, a sloped bottom joining each side wall at two side wall junctions. Some of five raceways may be stacked at least partially on top of another of the five raceways. According to another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a process of shrimp aquaculture by using the set of five raceways and sequentially transferring shrimp form one raceway to another once the shrimp reach a given average size. | 03-21-2013 |
| 119208000 | Offshore | 1 |
| 20100192868 | Submersible Farm - A submersible farm is described including a self-supporting frame which can be submerged and maintained at a selected depth. The submersible farm further includes a first radial structure having lattice-forming beams which are placed edgeways in order to support a second structure which bears culture ropes and is disposed horizontally below the first structure. The first structure includes a float which extends partially along the periphery thereof and which includes at least a peripheral inlet and outlet for the culture ropes leading to a berth. The berth is fixed to the first radial structure. The frame is supported by a counterweighted flotation column which is disposed at the center of both the first and second structures and which includes a float which extends downward into a counterweighted tube having a stabilizing system suspended therefrom. | 08-05-2010 |
| 119209000 | Individual habitat | 1 |
| 20080223304 | Device For Raising, Transportation and Releasing Crustacea Juveniles and Use of the Device - The present invention relates to a device for raising, transporting and releasing on a sea bed ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 119211000 | Habitat with recirculation and filter means | 4 |
| 20100294202 | System and Method for Super-Intensive Shrimp Production - The disclosure relates to a shrimp aquaculture structure including a set of at least two raceways of increasing depth each having a length and width and including two ends, two side walls having a top, a sloped bottom joining each side wall at two side wall junctions. Some of five raceways may be stacked at least partially on top of another of the five raceways. According to another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a process of shrimp aquaculture by using the set of five raceways and sequentially transferring shrimp form one raceway to another once the shrimp reach a given average size. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110067640 | METHODS OF RAISING CRUSTACEANS IN LOW SALINITY WATER - The present invention relates to methods of raising crustaceans, comprising maintaining crustaceans in low salinity water having a Calcium-sensing Receptor (CaSR) modulator(s), and adding feed that contains an agent that contributes to modulation of a crustacean CaSR to the water. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20150342156 | SHRIMP CULTURING SYSTEM - The shrimp culturing system includes a culturing tank and a clarifier tank. A plurality of shrimp cubes are suspended in the culture tank by set pairs of support bars. Each shrimp cube includes a plurality of stacked frames set at predetermined intervals. Each frame supports a mesh therein providing living space for the shrimp, and each stack is interconnected by ropes, which connect to the support bars to be suspended thereby. The shrimp cubes provide maximal space for culturing shrimp. The waste water from the culture tank cycles into the clarifier tank, which nurtures a biofloc to consume the waste and assimilate nitrogen, thereby producing their own waste that can be consumed by the shrimp. Excess solid waste drains via a solids removal manifold, and clarified water is airlifted back into the culture tank. A post-larval tank can be stacked onto the clarifier tank to introduce new batches of shrimp. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20190141964 | AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 05-16-2019 |
| 119212000 | Feeding method | 2 |
| 20130008384 | PREPARATION AND USE OF METHIONYLMETHIONINE AS FEED ADDITIVE FOR FISH AND CRUSTACEANS - An animal feed mixture containing DL-methionyl-DL-methionine and salts thereof for animals kept in aquacultures is provided. Methods for preparing DL-methionyl-DL-methionine of formula (I) | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130312669 | VEGETARIAN FEEDING METHOD FOR CARNIVOROUS FISH AND SHRIMP WITH SPIRULINA AND CHLORELLA ALGAE USING ELECTROLYZED WATER AND SODIUM THIOSULFATE, GUAR AND OLIGOFRUCTANS AS ADDITIVES - Feeding method and production technology of a vegetarian feed for carnivorous fish prepared from | 11-28-2013 |
| 119213000 | Separation or harvest | 3 |
| 20080257275 | 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, such device which is composed of two lateral elements which are parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction, where each one of their ends has a groove and a hole for the installation of at least 4 braces, two above and two below, such braces which permit joining the lateral elements, leaving a separation between them, they form in their exterior perimeter the external contours of the lateral elements, while the center areas of the braces have, on their interior surface, a plurality of parallel and equidistant guides, for the installation of a plurality of plates which are vertically inserted into the guides, forming spaces between the plates that permit housing sea urchins or abalones on both faces of such plates, in which each plate has a flange at its top and two holes at its base, such holes through which a pin is inserted to attach the plates to the bottom braces; while at the bottom of the device, below the plurality of plates, a horizontal tray is provided to hold algae for feeding the sea urchins and the abalones; wherein, both the plurality of plates and the tray are enclosed in an elongated mesh having the width of the separation of the lateral elements, wherein the ends of the mesh are joined to the ends of the lateral walls of the tray, in such a way that the length of the mesh wraps around the plurality of plates in the longitudinal direction of the lateral elements. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100071630 | MECHANIZED COLLECTOR OF JUVENILE LOBSTERS - A mechanized collector for collecting juvenile lobsters to be raised in a growout system is disclosed. The mechanized collector may be formed from a vessel, a longline support system capable of supporting and suspending a longline having a plurality of juvenile lobster collectors above a deck of the vessel, and a shaker assembly positioned to engage at least one of the plurality of juvenile lobster collectors suspended above the deck of the vessel and attached to the longline. The shaker assembly may be configured to shake the plurality of juvenile lobster collectors individually or collectively together, thereby causing the juvenile lobsters to fall into a collection trough positioned under the collector. The plurality of juvenile lobster collectors may be attached to the longline and formed from at least one generally flat panel that is suspended generally vertically in water above the longline with at least one float. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20120199078 | TRANSPORTABLE DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING A COLONY OF INVERTEBRATES AND FOR HARVESTING SAME, AND USE OF SAID DEVICE - A transportable device for colonizing and harvesting invertebrate animals in proximity to a floor of a body of water includes at least two quadrangular frames, each of which include a trapping surface. A central hinge is disposed between opposing, inner traverse sides of the at least two quadrangular frames and has a first one-way folding direction. Two secondary hinges are disposed on opposite sides of the central hinge, each of the secondary hinges having a second one-way folding direction that is opposite to the first one-way folding direction such that the at least two quadrangular frames have an opening angle with respect to each other that is adaptable to a structure the floor of the body of water. | 08-09-2012 |
| 119214000 | Preserving or storing | 1 |
| 20090250010 | Method For Preparing Edible Aquatic Animals For Storage - Provided are methods for preparing edible aquatic animals for storage by placing a living aquatic animal into a medium containing trehalose, allowing the live animal to remain in the trehalose solution for a period of time, and removing and processing the animal for storage and/or use for human consumption. The medium may contain a sugar alcohol, such as maltitol. Also, the living aquatic animal may be placed in a medium containing an acid, such as citric acid. | 10-08-2009 |
