Method of increasing seafood production in the barren ocean with a fertilizer comprising chelated iron
OwnerMichael Markels, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A method of increasing seafood production in the oceans comprises testing the water at the surface of the ocean in order to determine the nutrients that are missing, applying to the surface of the ocean a first fertilizer that comprises an iron chelate, and harvesting the increased production of seafood that results. The method may further comprise applying a microorganism that fixes nitrogen such as phytoplankton, applying additional fertilizers, and seeding the ocean with fish. Each fertilizer releases the nutrient(s) over time in the photic zone and in a form that does not precipitate before use by the phytoplankton.
Claims20
A method of increasing seafood production in the ocean comprising the following steps:
- (1) testing an area of the surface of the ocean, in order to determine a first nutrient that is missing to a significant extent;
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- (2) applying a first fertilizer which comprises said first missing nutrient, to fertilize said area of the surface of the ocean with an appropriate amount of said first missing nutrient, wherein said first fertilizer comprises an iron chelate, and said first fertilizer releases said missing nutrient in a form that does not precipitate to any substantial extent;
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- (3) harvesting at least a portion of the increased production of seafood that results from said fertilization of said ocean.
A method of ocean fertilization comprising the following step:
- applying a fertilizer to fertilize the surface of the ocean with a first nutrient, wherein said first fertilizer comprises an iron chelate, and said first fertilizer releases said iron in a form that does not precipitate to any substantial extent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.