System for reducing the number of predator fish
OwnerBradford L. Scottinventor
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Abstract
The system includes a capsule member made from a material which is not dissolvable in water but is dissolvable in the digestive fluids of a predator fish. The capsule contains a material which, following ingestion by a predator (game/sport) fish, results in death of the predator fish. A connecting member is secured to the capsule, and is adapted to be secured to a prey (bait) fish such that when the prey fish is released in a body of water, such as a lake, in the vicinity of the predator fish, the predator fish is likely to consume the prey fish along with the capsule and shortly thereafter dies, thereby reducing the number of predator fish relative to the number of prey fish.
Claims17
A system for controlling the number of a selected population of fish in a given aqueous environment, comprising:
- a capsule member which includes material which, following ingestion by a fish in the selected population, results in death of said selected population fish, wherein the capsule is made from a material which dissolves in the digestive fluids of said fish, wherein the capsule is secured to a prey fish which is released into the aqueous environment for ingestion by said selected population fish;
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- a connecting element for securing the capsule to the prey fish.
A method for controlling the number of a selected population of fish in a given aqueous environment, comprising the steps of:
- producing a capsule member which includes material which, following ingestion by a fish in the selected population, results in death of said selected population fish, wherein the capsule is made from a material which dissolves in the digestive fluids of said fish;
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- attaching the capsule to a prey fish and then releasing the prey fish into the aqueous environment, to be consumed by said selected population fish.
A system for controlling the number of a selected population of fish in a given aqueous environment, comprising:
- a capsule member which includes material which, following ingestion by a fish in the selected population, results in death of said selected population fish, wherein the capsule is made from a material which dissolves in the digestive fluids of said fish, wherein the capsule is secured to a prey fish which is released into the aqueous environment for ingestion by said selected population fish, and
- wherein the death resulting material in the capsule is a sponge material, which expands in the stomach of the predator fish ingesting it sufficiently to block the digestive track of the fish.
A method for controlling the number of a selected population of fish in a given aqueous environment, comprising the steps of:
- producing a capsule member which includes material which, following ingestion by a fish in the selected population, results in death of said selected population fish, wherein the capsule is made from a material which dissolves in the digestive fluids of said fish, wherein the death resulting material in the capsule is a sponge material which expands in the stomach of the predator fish ingesting it sufficiently to block the digestive track of the fish;
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- attaching the capsule to a prey fish and then releasing the prey fish into the aqueous environment, to be consumed by said selected population fish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.