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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Thomas C. Untermeyer, Lakehills, TX (US);
Bill G. Williams, Waco, TX (US);
Gerald Easterling, Carrollton, TX (US);
Automated Shrimp Corporation, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method and system for producing aquatic specie for consumer consumption within a closed aquaculture system. It provides for growing algae in artificial saltwater under controlled conditions in an algae subsystem, flowing the algae to an artemia subsystem containing adult artemia for feeding the adult artemia which produce smaller artemia, and flowing the algae and artemia to an aquatic specie subsystem containing an immature adult specie. As the immature aquatic specie consumes the algae and artemia, they mature into adult aquatic specie for harvesting. The invention also includes a data acquisition and control subsystem for automated control of the aquaculture system. A unique filtration subsystem accepts waste from the aquatic specie subsystem, pumps the waste through a series of filters, and returns the filtered saltwater to the algae subsystem, the artemia subsystem and the aquatic specie subsystem.