Abstract: Provided is a cooling tank comprising a tank body in which a water accommodation space is formed, a foaming case for encompassing the outer peripheral surface of the tank body, and a foam insulating material formed by a foaming agent flowing into the foaming space between the outer peripheral surface of the tank body and the foaming case, and then foaming, wherein the foam insulating material is integrated with the tank body and the case through foaming, and the case has an air outlet through which air of the foaming space is discharged during a foaming process.

Abstract: A smart agricultural automatic feeding device includes a feeding box, a weighing part is disposed in the feeding box and connected with a top of the feeding box; a separating part is disposed below the weighing part and rotatably connected to an inner wall of the feeding box, a feed end of the separating part is connected with a discharge end of weighing part; a delivery part is disposed below the separating part and includes delivery tubes arranged in parallel, the delivery tubes are fixed to the inner wall of the feeding box, feed ends of the delivery tubes are connected to the discharge end of the separating part and configured to be arranged correspondingly to a fish pond; an air supply part is disposed outside the feeding box and connected to the delivery tubes through a pressurized part, the pressurized part is in transmission connection with the separating part.

Abstract: An aquafarming system is provided that includes a cultivating barrel with a multi-floor net assembly for the cultivation of shellfish creatures or the like. In the aquafarming system, the use of the multi-floor net assembly allows an increased cultivating area such that the quantity of the shellfish creatures being cultivated can be increased to thereby increase the productivity. At the harvest time, the multi-floor net assembly can be lifted up so as to be separated from the cultivating barrel such that the cultivated shellfish creatures can be easily and conveniently collected to reduced labor time and cost.

Abstract: A system and method for shrimp aquaculture is disclosed. All growth phases and essential operations are modularized and integrated in a system controlled by a cyber-physical platform. The system comprises one or more post-larvae nursery module(s), grow-out production module(s), recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) module(s), feed distribution module(s), and regulatory elements comprised of Program Logic Controllers (PLCs) integrated with Human Interface Modules (HIMs).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to emersed shellfish storage. A container support has a surface to support containers. Each container has respective cells to accommodate live shellfish, such as lobster, in a vertical orientation substantially perpendicular to the surface. Water from a reservoir is pumped, intermittently in some embodiments, to one or more of the containers above the shellfish, and a collector collects and provides to the reservoir the water that is pumped by the pump system and flows over the shellfish. In an embodiment, the cells are provided by a divider that divides an interior space of each container, and the divider carries a perforated top insert at or below a top edge of each container, to distribute fluids to the cells.

Abstract: Provided are methods for preparing edible aquatic animals for storage by placing a living aquatic animal into a medium containing trehalose, allowing the live animal to remain in the trehalose solution for a period of time, and removing and processing the animal for storage and/or use for human consumption. The medium may contain a sugar alcohol, such as maltitol. Also, the living aquatic animal may be placed in a medium containing an acid, such as citric acid.

Abstract: Provided is a method for storage of live crustaceans. The method is performed by causing the live crustacean to enter into an anesthetized state by exposing the crustacean to a combination of xenon and oxygen, cooling the anesthetized live crustacean to a temperature of 1° C. to 10° C. to cause the crustacean to enter into a state of anabiosis, and storing the live crustacean in the state of anabiosis under ambient pressure at 1° C. to 10° C. under from 90% to 100% humidity. Also provided is a container containing a plurality of live crustaceans that are in a state of anabiosis via performance of the method.

Abstract: Provided are methods for preparing edible aquatic animals for storage by placing a living aquatic animal into a medium containing trehalose, allowing the live animal to remain in the trehalose solution for a period of time, and removing and processing the animal for storage and/or use for human consumption. The medium may contain a sugar alcohol, such as maltitol. Also, the living aquatic animal may be placed in a medium containing an acid, such as citric acid.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for storing aquatic animals comprises a tank (3) for receipt of the aquatic animals, and an arrangement (9) to create a foam environment (13) in the interior of the tank (3) such that at least a majority of the aquatic animals when stored in the tank (3) are submerged in foam. The arrangement to create a foam environment may be configured to deliver a synthetic foam to the interior of the tank (3), or may be configured to generate the foam, preferably from the natural proteins of the aquatic animals. A fluid recirculation arrangement may recirculate fluid to generate the foam.

Abstract: A transport tank for use in live haul truck transport of aquatic species such as catfish is formed of rotomolded plastic. The tank has a grooved floor which is covered with a perforated plate. The grooves contain aeration lines which run along the length of the floor. The aeration lines have threaded end fittings which engage a doubly threaded nut which is received in a sidewall opening of the tank. The hoses can be removed for servicing by simply unthreading the doubly threaded nut and pulling the aeration lines out of the sidewall openings.

Abstract: The present invention provides an effective oxygen generating materials, carbon dioxide absorbing materials, and transport system and transport method of live fishery products for use upon transporting live fishery products. An oxygen generating materials of the present invention is prepared by packaging solid peroxide and peroxide decomposition catalyst with a moisture-permeable material having a cup method moisture permeability (40° C., 90% RH) of more than 20 g/m2/24 hr and being impervious to water at normal pressure. Furthermore, a carbon dioxide absorbing materials are prepared by packaging alkaline earth metal hydroxide and/or oxide with a gas-permeable material having a Gurley method gas permeability (JIS P8117) of 0.1˜3000 sec./100 ml of gas and being impervious to water at normal pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods, compositions and kits for improving the raising of pre-adult anadromous fish, or preparing pre-adult anadromous fish for transfer to seawater. The methods involve adding PVCR modulators (e.g., calcium and/or magnesium) to the freshwater in an amount sufficient to increase expression and/or sensitivity of at least one PVCR; and adding feed for fish consumption to the freshwater, wherein the feed contains an amount of NaCl sufficient to contribute to a significantly increased level of the PVCR modulator in serum of the pre-adult anadromous fish.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for harvesting and processing zooplankton and, in particular, for harvesting and processing euphausiids for subsequent use as a feed product for early stage juvenile or larvae feed or for a food product as an additive. The euphausiids are continuously harvested from coastal waters and dewatered. The dewatered product is passed to a heat exchanger to increase its temperature and, thence, to a digester where a desired level of enzymatic activity is obtained. The product is then held by a surge tank for subsequent transfer to a ball dryer where the product is dried at a relatively low temperature without destroying the stabilized enzymes created in the digester. The digesting step may be deleted in the event the end use of the product is for a food product.

Abstract: A lidded container for lobsters or like crustacean comprises a container formed of plastics material having sidewalls, endwalls and a bottom wall and a lid formed of plastics material which is adapted to be hingedly secured to the container sidewalls to move between an open position and a close position. The lid has a top wall formed of a series of upwardly projecting ribs defining wells to receive and retain therein ice which, when melted, passes through perforations in the bottom faces of the wells to circulate about the lobsters. The water then exits through apertures in the sidewalls, endwalls and bottom wall of the container.

Abstract: This invention provides a container and method of transport for transporting lobster and like live cargo. The container comprises a bin stackable on similar bins with a divider assembly mountable within the bin. The divider assembly has runner partition walls to extend the full extent of the bin in one direction; and cross partition walls to extend the full extent of the bin at right angles to the runner partition walls, to divide the bin into compartments of a size to receive individual lobsters. After the partition walls have been mounted into the bin to divide the bin into compartments of a size to receive a single lobster; a lobster is loaded into each compartment of the bin. The bin is then stacked onto a similar bin within a transport vehicle and transported to the place of use. The lobster is then unloaded from the bins at the place of use. The divider assembly is then removed from each of the bins, the bins nested and returned to the field for re-loading.

Abstract: A container for live marine animals which have a lower metabolic function comprising a housing formed by outer walls of sheet metal and inner walls of thermal resistant material. Ice boxes formed around the inner walls to cool the interior of the containers at an inner temperature of between about 2.degree. C. and about 10.degree. C. The ice box being provided with a water receiver, and nozzle means connected with the water receiver and a blower for spraying a mixture of water and air in the form of a heavy fog into the interior housing and method of transporting same.

Abstract: A self-contained crustacean life support and transport system including a container for holding crustaceans, a pump and pipe manifold with spray nozzles for spraying water into the container to wet the gills of the crustaceans, and a bottom drain in the tank for collecting sprayed water so that it may be returned to the pump to continuously recycle the water to allow the crustaceans to respire while out of their natural habitat.