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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul S. Byrne, San Jose, CA (US);
William J. Kirkwood, Carmel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eagle Net Sea Farms, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 6/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 6/100 ;
Abstract
An aquaculture system for cultivation, containment and rearing of various mollusks, particularly abalone, which includes a habitat which supports a plurality of molded panels including openings for communicating between adjacent panels, whereby food is available throughout the habitat. An outer netting or open structure which allows water to flow through the habitat, but protects the mollusks from predators, while still containing the food and permitting the flow of water therethrough, selected ones of said panels being configured to provide buoyancy for the habitat which is tethered from the bottom of the ocean.