Method for farming ascidians
First Claim
1. A method for farming ascidians in a sea comprising the steps of:
- (a) colonizing surfaces of a sub-sea structure with ascidians; and
(b) harvesting said ascidians from said structure, wherein said structure comprises a plurality of elongate members and said structure defines a three-dimensional sub-sea region arranged to support ascidian colonization, and further wherein at least one of the plurality of elongate members comprises an elongate support member and a plurality of colonization members, wherein each colonization member is coupled to said support member and comprises at least one uninterrupted planar colonization surface which supports colonization and growth of said ascidians and which is without substantive ridge or projection across an entire horizontal extent of the colonization member relative to the elongate support member.
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Abstract
This invention relates to the use of a tunicate or an extract obtained from a tunicate for the production of one or more biofuel selected from an alcohol and biodiesel. The invention also relates to a method for producing a biofuel from a tunicate wherein the biofuel is selected from an alcohol and biodiesel and wherein said method comprises the steps of: (a)(i) subjecting said tunicate or one or more polysaccharides extracted from said tunicate to enzymatic or acid hydrolysis to form a hydrolysate containing one or more monosaccharides and (ii) fermenting said one or more monosaccharides to form an alcohol; or (b)(i) extracting lipids/fatty acids from said tunicate and (ii) converting said lipids/fatty acids into biodiesel by transesterification or alcoholysis or (iii) subjecting said tunicate to transesterification or alcoholysis thereby converting lipids/fatty acids present in said tunicate into biodiesel.
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1. A method for farming ascidians in a sea comprising the steps of:
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(a) colonizing surfaces of a sub-sea structure with ascidians; and (b) harvesting said ascidians from said structure, wherein said structure comprises a plurality of elongate members and said structure defines a three-dimensional sub-sea region arranged to support ascidian colonization, and further wherein at least one of the plurality of elongate members comprises an elongate support member and a plurality of colonization members, wherein each colonization member is coupled to said support member and comprises at least one uninterrupted planar colonization surface which supports colonization and growth of said ascidians and which is without substantive ridge or projection across an entire horizontal extent of the colonization member relative to the elongate support member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for farming ascidians comprising:
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providing a sub-sea structure which defines a three-dimensional sub-sea region arranged to support tunicate colonization, the sub-sea structure comprising; a plurality of elongate support members; a plurality of colonization members coupled to each of the elongate support members, each of the colonization members comprising at least one uninterrupted planar colonization surface which is without substantive ridge or projection across an entire horizontal extent of each colonization member of the plurality of colonization members relative to its respective elongate support member; positioning the sub-sea structure in a sea and orienting the plurality of elongate support members substantially vertically at least in part by at least one buoy; colonizing surfaces of the sub-sea structure including the at least one uninterrupted planar colonization surface with a monoculture of ascidians; and harvesting said ascidians from said structure. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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