Aquaculture methods & systems
OwnerSteve HAMMANinventor
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Abstract
An aquaculture system includes a plurality of containment chambers for containing aquatic organisms, and a continuous linkage mechanism for coupling with each of the chambers, respectively. The continuous linkage mechanism is configured to move each of the chambers, respectively, about a cyclical path within a body of water. In this regard, a depth of the body of water is efficiently utilized, operational footprint is reduced, exposure to light and other nutrients is controlled, and harvesting of diverse species and/or periodic harvesting of species using planned maturation cycles becomes possible.
Claims19
An aquaculture system, comprising:
- a continuous linkage mechanism;
- and
- a plurality of chambers,
- said plurality of chambers including a first chamber, the first chamber comprising:
- a bottom portion extending within a horizontal plane and defining an area of the first chamber,
- one or more walls extending vertically about a periphery of the bottom portion, and
- a top portion adapted to extend horizontally to abut the one or more walls at a top end thereof, the top portion comprising a lid for opening and closing a volume within the first chamber;
- and
- a second chamber, the second chamber being substantially similar to said first chamber;
- each of said plurality of chambers further comprising a joint at a side thereof, the joint being configured to engage the respective chamber and the continuous linkage mechanism, such that each of the chambers of the plurality of chambers is individually coupled to the continuous linkage mechanism;
- wherein the continuous linkage mechanism is configured to move with said plurality of chambers along a path within a body of water.
An aquaculture system, comprising:
- a plurality of chambers coupled to a continuous linkage mechanism;
- the continuous linkage mechanism being configured to translate each of said chambers about a cyclical path within a body of water, the cyclical path including:
- a first position at a top end of the cycle,
- a second position at a bottom end of the cycle, and
- a plurality of positions therebetween.
In an aquaculture system comprising a plurality of individual chambers coupled to a continuous linkage mechanism and adapted to move the plurality of chambers along a path within a body of water, a method for aquaculture farming, comprising:
- introducing one or more first organisms into a first chamber of the plurality of chambers;
- moving the plurality of chambers along the path to translate a second chamber of the plurality of chambers to a top end position for access thereof;
- and
- introducing one or more second organisms into the second chamber of the plurality of chambers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.