Mooring system for offshore fish production
OwnerNoam Zeichner, Omri Ben-Eliahuinventors
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Abstract
A flexible fish cage system for open sea aquaculture using a mono-buoy plus special frame design to absorb the wave energy. The system includes a flexible construction holding the fish nets. The system is submersible by an air pumping mechanism which displaces water out of water fillable tanks.
Claims6
A system for growing fish in the open sea wherein at least two fish cages tensioned by flexible ballasts are flexibly serially connected to a front frame, comprising:
- a mooring rope for connecting said front frame to an anchor;
- a rope tension moderating buoy connected to said rope for moderating its tension;
- at least one set of ropes for connecting said fish cages among themselves and to said front frame;
- at least one float connected to said anchor for marking the system;
- at least one ocean-water fillable construction element wherein air can be pumped in for pushing said water out;
- at least one valve for allowing sea water in and out of said at least one ocean water fillable construction element, and
- flexible ballasts.
A method for refloating a system of fish cages submerged in the open sea, comprising the steps of:
- connecting an air source to at least one ocean water fillable construction element;
- pumping air into said at least one fillable construction element until the secondary floats surface;
- waiting until the fish have decompressed, and
- further pumping air into construction elements until cages have reached the operational depth
A method for balancing a system of fish cages in which each fish cage, including its ballasts has a substantially neutral buoyancy, and is stabilized by a weight associated with a construction element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.