Crustacean bait with extended longevity
AssigneeNutreco Canada Inc.
InventorsMichael Beattie, Keith Were, Greg Deacon
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Bait for attracting crustaceans, particularly lobster. The bait includes a pelletized carrier composed of ingredients intended for long life in sea water. The pelletized carrier is mixed with specific crustacean attractants and a fish oil is added to coat the pellets and attractant and to allow for the timed release of the attractant. In experiments to date, it has been found that the use of the pelletized carrier and attractant together with the fish oil coating has been effective as a bait in attracting lobsters and has an extended life within lobster traps.
Claims19
Bait for a crustacean trap, said bait comprising a pelletized crustacean feed composed of a feed having ingredients which offer extended life relative to a fish feed, said ingredients forming a pelletized feed, an attractant for attracting said crustaceans and an oil coating for coating said pellets and said attractant, said oil coating allowing a timed release of said attractant thereby to attract said crustaceans, said feed, said attractant and said oil coating forming said bait all comprising edible components.
Method for attracting crustaceans to a crustacean trap comprising the steps of obtaining a pelletized crustacean bait consisting of a carrier made from relatively long life ingredients, at least one crustacean attractant mixed with said pelletized crustacean bait and an oil coating for said attractant and said carrier, said oil coating allowing timed release of said attractant, placing said crustacean bait within said crustacean trap and setting said crustacean trap within water for attracting and trapping said crustaceans.
Method of making a crustacean bait for use within crustacean traps comprising the steps of mixing a pelletized crustacean feed composed of relatively long life and digestible ingredients with an oil for coating said pellets and at least one crustacean attractant to form said crustacean bait.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.