US 6,615,767 B1 · Aquaculture method and system for producing aquatic species

Abstract

The invention provides a method and system for producing aquatic specie for consumer consumption within a closed aquaculture system. It provides for growing algae in artificial saltwater under controlled conditions in an algae subsystem, flowing the algae to an artemia subsystem containing adult artemia for feeding the adult artemia which produce smaller artemia, and flowing the algae and artemia to an aquatic specie subsystem containing an immature adult specie. As the immature aquatic specie consumes the algae and artemia, they mature into adult aquatic specie for harvesting. The invention also includes a data acquisition and control subsystem for automated control of the aquaculture system. A unique filtration subsystem accepts waste from the aquatic specie subsystem, pumps the waste through a series of filters, and returns the filtered saltwater to the algae subsystem, the artemia subsystem and the aquatic specie subsystem.

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A method for producing adult aquatic specie in an aquaculture system comprising:

growing algae within an algae subsystem containing saltwater illuminated by a light source;
flowing the algae from the algae subsystem into an artemia subsystem and an aquatic specie subsystem, both containing saltwater;
consuming the algae by adult artemia and producing small artemia by the adult artemia within the artemia subsystem;
passing the small artemia from the artemia subsystem to the aquatic specie subsystem;
consuming algae and the artemia by an immature aquatic specie for producing an adult aquatic specie within the aquatic specie subsystem;
and
harvesting the adult aquatic specie.

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