Fish holding system
AssigneeNorthwest Marine Technology, Inc.
InventorMark Alan Tempel
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Abstract
An holding apparatus immobilizes a fish of a known and fixed orientation. The holding apparatus includes a vessel having a set of walls defining an interior chamber into which the fish and water can be located. The walls of the vessel have a restraining configuration and a non-restraining configuration. The walls of vessel, when in a restraining configuration, are at least partially conforming to a shape of a fish located within the interior chamber of the vessel.
Claims25
A holding apparatus for immobilizing a fish of a known and fixed orientation, comprising:
- a vessel having a plurality of walls defining an interior chamber into which the fish and water can be located, the walls of said vessel having a restraining configuration and a non-restraining configuration,
- the walls include a left wall, a right wall and a head mold wall,
- the left wall and the right wall each include an adjustable front portion and an adjustable rear portion.
A holding apparatus for immobilizing a fish of a known and fixed orientation, comprising:
- a left side plate having an adjustable front portion and an adjustable rear portion,
- a right side plate having an adjustable front portion and an adjustable rear portion,
- the left side plate and the right side plate defining an interior chamber, the adjustable portions of the left side plate and the right side plate to be moved towards a fish located with in the interior chamber to substantially conform to the fish shape.
A method for immobilizing a non-anesthetized fish within a vessel having a plurality of side plates which define an interior chamber through which water can flow, comprising:
- (a) receiving the fish in a known and fixed orientation within the interior chamber of the vessel;
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- (b) moving an adjustable portion of each side plate towards the fish to substantially conform to the fish shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.