Method of harvesting and harvesting device for brine shrimp eggs

A device for gathering brine shrimp eggs from the surface of a body of water, comprising:

• channeling structure having a forward section, a support surface, lateral edges and a rearward section;
• flotation means coupled to the platform for maintaining sufficient buoyancy to keep the platform floating at the surface of the water;
• channeling structure having a forward receiving end and rearward feeding end, said forward end including a base plate with a flat, leading edge adapted for positioning immediately below the shrimp eggs at the water surface, said channeling structure being coupled to the forward section of the platform and being adapted to receive water and entrained shrimp eggs at the channel receiving end and to channel the entrained eggs toward the feeding end;
• height adjustment means coupled to the channel structure for providing adjustment of the height of the leading edge to a depth slightly below the surface of the water and entrained eggs to thereby collect the entrained eggs within the channel structure;
• extraction means positioned at the feeding end and having an intake opening adapted to receive the entrained eggs and transport them to a storage location;
• at least one porous container capable of separating brine shrimp eggs from a slurry of eggs and salt water;
• means for delivering the slurry received at the extraction means to the porous container.

A device for gathering brine shrimp eggs from the surface of a body of water, comprising:

• channeling structure having a large, open, forward receiving end and a smaller rearward feeding end for collecting water and entrained brine shrimp eggs, said channeling structure being adapted to receive water and entrained shrimp eggs at the channel receiving end and to channel the entrained eggs toward the feeding end;
• a flat leading edge attached at the forward receiving end and being adapted for use immediately below the surface of the water at a depth no greater than one inch to divide off suspended brine shrimp eggs at the surface of the water for delivery into the channeling structure;
• means for positioning and maintaining the channeling structure approximately at the surface of the water, said leading edge being selectively positionable at a depth of less than one inch below the water surface;
• extraction means coupled to the feeding end of the channeling structure for receiving the entrained eggs for transport to a storage location;
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• at least one porous container capable of separating brine shrimp eggs from a slurry of eggs and salt water;
• means for delivering the slurry received at the extraction means to the porous container.