Method and System for Enhancing Growth and Survivability of Aquatic Organisms
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Abstract
A method for enhancing the production of aquatic organisms under cultivation, including the steps of exposing the aquatic organisms to a submerged illumination source inside water of a rearing unit; and maintaining illumination in the rearing unit for a rearing period.
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33 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. A method for enhancing the production of aquatic organisms under cultivation, including the steps of:
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exposing the aquatic organisms under cultivation to light from illumination means within water of an aquatic rearing means, the illumination means forming a light pattern spread out inside the water of the aquatic rearing means; and maintaining the light from the illumination means in the aquatic rearing means for a rearing period to increase growth of the aquatic organisms in the aquatic rearing means. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for affecting the growth of aquatic organisms comprising the steps of:
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exposing the aquatic organisms under cultivation to light from illumination means within water of an aquatic rearing means, the illumination means forming a light pattern spread out inside the water of the aquatic rearing means; and maintaining illumination in the aquatic rearing means by the illumination means for at least a part of a rearing period to increase growth of the aquatic organisms in the aquatic rearing means. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33)
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30. A system for enhancing the production of aquatic organisms under cultivation, the system comprising:
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an aquatic rearing means for holding water and the aquatic organisms under cultivation; an illumination means for providing light within the water of the aquatic rearing means, the illumination means having a light emission surface introducing the light into the water arranged below an upper surface of the water of the aquatic rearing means, the illumination means forming a light pattern spread out in the aquatic rearing means; and a control device for operating the illumination means to maintain the light inside the aquatic rearing means for a rearing period to increase growth of the aquatic organisms inside the aquatic rearing means.
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