Method to induce spawning in shellfish
US4198926A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 1978 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 1998 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/81
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Addition of an oxidizing agent which yields electronically activated oxygen, such as hydrogen peroxide, to seawater induces spawning and reproduction in shellfish, such as abalones, mussels, scallops and oysters. Such oxidizing agent, e.g. hydrogen peroxide, activates the enzymatic synthesis of prostaglandin-endoperoxide in reproductive tissues of shellfish, such as abalone.
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