Device and method for guiding and transferring fish and liquid out of a tank
AssigneeSearas AS
InventorMorten AGA
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for guiding and transferring marine organisms, such as fish, from a fish tank using a suction system coupled to the center part of a horizontally positioned guiding grid that moves upward in the water space in the fish tank. The fish will seek downwards and into the suction arrangement and be transferred to another tank.
Claims17
A device for the harvesting and transfer of live marine organisms from a tank, wherein the device comprises at least one suction arrangement for the removal of liquid and marine organisms and a horizontally arranged perforated guiding grid, wherein the suction arrangement is centrally positioned directly above the horizontally perforated guiding grid, and the guiding grid is designed to be raised from an inactive position at the bottom of the tank and vertically upward for the guiding of liquid and marine organisms out of the tank via the suction arrangement.
A method for guiding marine organisms in a tank, the method comprising:
- moving a horizontally arranged guiding grid upward in a water column, and
- drawing water and marine organisms out of the tank with a suction arrangement as the water and marine organisms migrate towards the center of the guiding grid,
- wherein the suction arrangement is located just above the guiding grid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.