Fish farming cage utilizing live biomass as driving force for water exchange
AssigneeSeafarming Systems AS
InventorAlf Reidar Sandstad
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Abstract
A fish cage is for farming of fish, the fish cage having one of a water-tight outer wall and a close to water-tight outer wall and the outer wall is form stable, an entrance for water into the fish cage and an outlet for water out of the fish cage at a lower portion. The fish cage is adapted for an active water flow from an inlet at an upper portion through the fish cage to the outlet, and the fish cage is adapted to keep a shoal of fish with a negative buoyancy in a region within the water flow, such that the shoal of fish creates the water flow. A method is for exchanging water in a fish cage by utilizing the fish is also described.
Claims11
A floating fish cage for farming of fish, the fish cage comprising:
- one of a water-tight outer wall and a close to water-tight outer wall, and the outer wall is form stable;
- an entrance for water into the fish cage;
- an outlet for water out of the fish cage at a lower portion;
- and
- buoyancy means,
- wherein the fish cage comprises at least two compartments, the at least two compartments comprise a fish compartment and at least one passage;
- the at least one passage comprises the entrance and an inlet at an upper portion;
- the fish compartment comprises the outlet and is in fluid communication with the at least one passage through the inlet;
- the fish compartment is adapted to keep a shoal of fish in a region between the inlet and the outlet, said shoal of fish comprises fish with one of the characteristics:
- negative buoyancy,
- swimming in circle, and
- negative buoyancy and swimming in circle;
- the fish compartment and the passage are circular shaped and positioned concentrically, and an inner wall between the fish compartment and the passage is connected to a bottom of the fish compartment, such that the shoal of fish creates a water flow from the entrance through the pas-sage and the fish compartment and to the outlet.
A floating fish cage for farming of fish, the fish cage comprises:
- one of a water-tight outer wall and a close to water-tight outer wall, and the outer wall is form stable;
- an entrance for water into the fish cage;
- an outlet for water out of the fish cage at a lower portion;
- and
- buoyancy means,
- wherein the fish cage comprises at least two compartments, the at least two compartments comprise a fish compartment and at least one passage;
- the at least one passage comprises the entrance and an inlet at an upper portion;
- the fish compartment comprises the outlet and is in fluid communication with the at least one passage through the inlet;
- the fish compartment is adapted to keep a shoal of fish in a region between the inlet and the outlet, said shoal of fish comprises fish with one of the characteristics:
- negative buoyancy,
- swimming in circle, and
- negative buoyancy and swimming in circle;
- the fish compartment is circular shaped and the at least one passage is positioned outside an outer rim of the fish compartment, the outer wall forms a portion of a sidewall of the passage, such that the shoal of fish creates a water flow from the entrance through the passage and the fish compartment and to the outlet-.
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