Aquaculture of marine worms
AssigneeSeabait Limited
InventorsPeter Olive, Stephen Craig, Peter Cowin
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for the aquaculture of marine deposit feeders, such as Arenicola marina and Arenicola defodiens. The method comprises providing a foodstuff such as brewery yeast or waste from fish farms within the substrate housing the worms. The foodstuff is conveniently particulate or microparticulate to aid intimate admixture with a substrate, which is typically sand.
Claims3
1-19. (canceled)
A method of forming long chain unsaturated fatty acids essential to marine animals, wherein said method comprises providing a non-marine derived foodstuff in a substrate housing lugworms or their larvae and allowing the lugworms to digest the foodstuff and accumulate the said long chain unsaturated fatty acids in their body tissues.
The method as claimed in claim 18 wherein the foodstuff comprises yeast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.