Method and apparatus for rearing post-larvae shrimp
US4285298A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 1978 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/81
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for rearing post-larvae shrimp wherein the shrimp are retained for an initial post-larvae period of growth in a first shrimp rearing means including a first habitat means comprising a first plurality of stacked substrates having a first combined total surface area and wherein the shrimp are retained for at least one subsequent period of growth in at least one further shrimp rearing means including a second habitat means comprising a second plurality of stacked substrates having a second combined total surface area greater than the aforesaid first combined total surface area. In further aspects of the invention, unique filtration means and culling means are also disclosed.
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