Fish measurement culling device

A device for recording and displaying fish measurements, said device for recording and displaying fish measurements comprising:

• a device body with a first side and an opposite second side, said first side and said opposite second side forming a generally rectangular device body;
• said device body having at least two chambers within said device body, at least one of said chambers in said device body comprising a chamber housing a series of measurement display modules;
• a plurality of measurement display modules mounted in one of said chambers in said device body, each module configured to display a measurement of a particular fish so that a measurement of one fish can be compared to measurements of other fish;
• wherein said chamber housing said series of measurement recording modules having a plurality of openings for displaying said measurement recording modules of said series of measurement recording modules;
• an indicia adjacent each measurement display module corresponding to an indicia on a fish tag to identify said particular fish with said measurement display module;
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• wherein, a measurement of a selected fish may be displayed in each measurement display module, multiple modules can display measurements for multiple fish, and said device can thereby be used to identify outliers in fish measurements.

A device for recording and displaying fish measurements, said device for recording and displaying fish measurements comprising:

• a device body having a first side and a second opposite side forming a generally rectangular body;
• said device body being divided into two chambers, a first chamber and a second chamber, said second chamber housing a series of measurement recording modules;
• wherein said first chamber is configured for floatation in water;
• a series of indicia on said first side of said device body, each indicia in said series of indicia corresponds to and labels each individual measurement recording module in said series of measurement recording modules;
• a series of rows of openings on said first side of said device body, each of said rows of openings comprises a plurality of openings, each of said rows corresponding to an indicia in said series of indicia of said first side of said device body, each of said indicia corresponding to an indicia on a tag for tagging a fish;
• wherein the number of series of measurement recording modules housed within said second chamber corresponds to said number of series of openings in said second chamber, each of said measurement recording modules comprising a plurality of interchangeable ratchet and wheel modules, each of said measurement recording modules positioned in said second chamber such that each of said interchangeable ratchet and wheel modules can be viewed through each of said openings in said chamber, each of said ratchet and wheel modules having a ratchet side and a wheel side, said ratchet side being adjacent to said wheel side, each of said ratchet and wheel modules comprising at least one piece, each of said ratchet sides shaped in a generally circular form, each ratchet side and each wheel side having a third side and a fourth side formed as the area of the circular form of each ratchet side and each wheel side of said ratchet and wheel module;
• a plurality of prongs, each of said prongs extending from each of said sides formed as the area of the circular form of each ratchet side and each wheel side of each ratchet and wheel module;
• a series of brackets in said measurement chamber that hold said ratchet and wheel modules in place by bracketing said prongs on said ratchet and wheel modules while allowing each of said ratchet and wheel modules to rotate;
• wherein each of said measurement recording modules is comprised of one or more of said ratchet and wheel modules, said number of ratchet and wheel modules corresponding to said number of openings in said rows of openings in said first side of said device body;
• wherein said second side of said device body has a plurality of series of pawls, each series of pawls in said plurality of series of pawls having a plurality of pawls, each of said pawls located on said second chamber, said number of said series of said pawls corresponds to said number of said openings in said second chamber;
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• wherein said ratchet and wheel module is housed in said second chamber such that said pawl fits between said teeth of said ratchet side of said ratchet and wheel module, said pawl preventing each of said ratchet and wheel modules from rotating unless a sufficient force is applied to each of said ratchet and wheel modules to push said teeth of each of said ratchet and wheel modules over each of said pawls.