Integrated system of shellfish production and utilization #2
OwnerRussell Davisinventor
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Abstract
The most fundamental measure of production constraint faced by the shellfish and coastal restoration industry is shellfish reproduction success as measured by the quantity of spawn surviving to maturity. SOLUTION: This is addressed with a novel device (FIG.2) and processes that economically increase the quantity of spawn tendered and the surviving quantity. The result is a now realizable, thus newly utilitarian, product with an intermediary product. The “INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF SHELLFISH PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION#2” advances the economy, utility and scale of shellfish culture such that ecosystem restoration is now cost effective and terra-forming uses of shellfish culture can substantially supplant dredging, beach replenishment and foreshore erosion defenses.
Claims6
A process apparatus that is a water-supported live-well vessel characterized by 1) a membrane which bounds the well's contents from the surrounding water;
- 2) a top rim, supporting the membrane and fit to establish an elevation of that rim as needed to manage the separation between the contents of the live-well vessel and the surrounding water, and have that separation made further manageable by 3) the unique feature in that the bottom of the vessel maybe :A) opened expansively as needed to encompass large quantities of benthic shellfish breeding stock for in-situ spawn induction, B) opened expansively as needed to utilize the water's column's bottom as the BC-Vessel containment bottom for much expanded cultured water capacity while being able to adjust its proportions as needed to accommodate cyclical variations in water level.
A process of culturing shellfish so as to aid their reproductive success comprising the steps of A) encompassing shellfish breeding stock for in-situ spawn induction, B) culturing the water above and containing that in-situ breeding stock as needed to advance breeding stock gonad development and trigger a cascade of synchronized spawning, C) further expanding the containment, utilizing the bottom of the water body as one bound, to encompass as much water as is needed to needed to culture the water containing the shellfish spawn.
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