Open air mariculture system and method of culturing marine animals
AssigneeThe First Republic Corporation of America
InventorsCarlos E. Perez, Max L. Hunter
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Abstract
A mariculture system and method of culturing marine life with polluted source water. The system includes a water replenishment reservoir, activated carbon and ozone purification devices, a device for removing toxic byproducts of ozonation of salty or brackish (bromine-containing) water, and ponds for the culture of marine animals. The method includes obtaining water containing compounds and organisms detrimental to marine animal life, treating the water so it is suitable for the culture of marine animals, and raising and harvesting marine animals in the treated water.
Claims18
An open mariculture system comprising:
- a reservoir;
- a first ozone contacting device in fluid communication with said reservoir;
- a reservoir canal in fluid communication with said first ozone contacting device;
- and
- a plurality of ponds in fluid communication with said reservoir canal.
A method for preventing or at least ameliorating the deleterious effects of microorganisms and chemical toxins on a culture of marine animals suffering from such deleterious effects, comprising:
- obtaining bromine-containing replenishment water from a contaminated natural water source;
- contacting said contaminated replenishment water with a predetermined amount of ozone wherein said predetermined amount of ozone is effective to destroy microorganisms and chemical compounds harmful to said marine life;
- combining the purified replenishment water with recirculating culture water;
- contacting said combined replenishment water and recirculating culture water with a sufficient amount of ozone and for a sufficient period of time to achieve a level of ozone in said water that is effective to destroy microorganisms and chemical compounds harmful to said marine life;
- aerating said combined replenishment and recirculating water until the content of residual byproducts of said ozone contacting in said water has been reduced to a level compatible with marine life;
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- culturing marine life in said water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.