The invention comprises a system and an optical device (1) to facilitate the counting of objects, e.g. fish and other organisms living in freshwater or sea, especially when using large-scale equipment in fish-fanning. The system makes it possible to diminish the distance between the recording camera and the objects to be counted.

A fish trap includes: a fish trap mesh formed with at least one entrance; at least one frame supporting the fish trap mesh; at least one luring part formed to extend from the entrance of the fish trap mesh in a direction toward the inside of the frame and including a lure opening; and an escape prevention part forming an isolated space and provided with at least one fish passage hole through which fish passes after passing through the luring opening of the at least one luring part.

A fish trap includes: a fish trap mesh formed with at least one entrance; at least one frame supporting the fish trap mesh; at least one luring part formed to extend from the entrance of the fish trap mesh in a direction toward the inside of the frame and including a lure opening; and an escape prevention part forming an isolated space and provided with at least one fish passage hole through which fish passes after passing through the luring opening of the at least one luring part.

A sorting device for live fish includes: an upwardly open water tank; and a vertical grid unit connected to an inside of the water tank via a circumferential sealing element, dividing the water tank into two separate regions, the vertical grid unit having a plurality of slit openings which are delimited by horizontal and vertical webs and which are adaptable in shape and size to the fish to be sorted and are closeable. The grid unit includes at least one carrier plate and at least one adjustment plate having an identical design and arrangement of the slit openings and of the horizontal and vertical webs. The at least one carrier plate divides the water tank into the two regions and the adjustment plate is displaceably arranged on the at least one carrier plate, and depending on a position of the adjustment plate, the slit openings are covered.

A device for counting animal traffic in an aquatic animal passage system includes chutes positioned across the aquatic animal passage system and a sensor positioned to sense an animal moving through or in the aquatic animal passage system. The chutes and the aquatic animal passage system are formed with precast concrete segments and may include a protective liner or coating coupled to their outer surface to protect animals from contacting the outer surface of the precast concrete segments. The sensors may be integrated with the precast concrete segments forming the chutes. Smart concrete segments may be employed as transducers to create an electric field in the chutes, with impedance sensors coupled to the transducers being responsive to changes to the electric field in the chutes caused by passing animals.

A fish stunning apparatus comprises a fish feed-in device, a fish receiving space, which is loadable with fish in the head first position, a fish positioning means, which engages on the fish head and, for the purpose of stunning the fish, defines a releasable temporary stop position of the fish, said apparatus also comprises a stunning means for acting on the fish head, a trigger device for determining the stop position and for activating the stunning means, and further comprises a control device for controlling operation.

Locations on the fish head which come to rest in the fish receiving space), depending on the size of the head and/or body of the fish, should be positioned optimally for the purpose of stunning. A fish position actuating element can be controlled by means of a fish-size determining device and is connected to a positioning element of the fish positioning means for local adjustment, as a result of which any fish head can be moved automatically, according to the size of the fish, into a consistent position in relation to the stunning means. A trigger unit, which can be installed in the fish stunning apparatus, comprises the fish position actuating element with a trigger abutment element, formed by the positioning element, and also comprises a controllable control actuator for actuating the fish position actuating element.

According to a method for activating the stunning means, a fish-size-related control value, which represents the size of any fish, is determined and the positioning element is put automatically, according to the size of the fish, into an associated starting position.

A fish stunning apparatus comprises a fish feed-in device, a fish receiving space, which is loadable with fish in the head first position, a fish positioning means, which engages on the fish head and, for the purpose of stunning the fish, defines a releasable temporary stop position of the fish, said apparatus also comprises a stunning means for acting on the fish head, a trigger device for determining the stop position and for activating the stunning means, and further comprises a control device for controlling operation.

Locations on the fish head which come to rest in the fish receiving space), depending on the size of the head and/or body of the fish, should be positioned optimally for the purpose of stunning. A fish position actuating element can be controlled by means of a fish-size determining device and is connected to a positioning element of the fish positioning means for local adjustment, as a result of which any fish head can be moved automatically, according to the size of the fish, into a consistent position in relation to the stunning means. A trigger unit, which can be installed in the fish stunning apparatus, comprises the fish position actuating element with a trigger abutment element, formed by the positioning element, and also comprises a controllable control actuator for actuating the fish position actuating element.

According to a method for activating the stunning means, a fish-size-related control value, which represents the size of any fish, is determined and the positioning element is put automatically, according to the size of the fish, into an associated starting position.

Methods and systems, including computer implemented methods and systems, for creating groups of embryonic fish or juvenile aquatic organisms from a pool based on predicted growth potential or feed efficiency wherein whole-body metabolic rate of each individual in the pool is measured and individuals are sorted into one of two or more containers based on relative whole-body metabolic rate. The embryonic fish or juvenile aquatic organisms with the highest whole-body metabolic rate are predicted to grow significantly more than those with the lowest whole-body metabolic rate.

The disclosure relates to the technical field of aquaculture, and more particularly to a fish breeding device provided with a magnetizer and a method for accelerating normal propagation and growth speeds of fishes. The fish breeding device includes a box body, a controllable partition plate, an extraction pump, and the magnetizer; the controllable partition plate is arranged in the box body and used for dividing the inner space of the box body into a feeding area and a non-feeding area; the extraction pump is arranged on the controllable partition plate and used for exchanging the water body in the feeding area with the water body in the non-feeding area; the magnetizer is arranged on the outer wall of the box body corresponding to the feeding area, and used for magnetizing the water body of the feeding area. In the disclosure, fish eggs are further hatched by the magnetized water. An adjustable magnetic field is utilized to act on fishes in development so that the fishes normally propagate and grow without causing the problems of retarded embryo development, stagnation, deformity, and the like. Meanwhile, pollutants generated in a feeding process can be purified, the utilization rate of feed put in a breeding process is increased, intermittent magnetization is adopted, and the consumption of electric energy is reduced.

The disclosure relates to the technical field of aquaculture, and more particularly to a fish breeding device provided with a magnetizer and a method for accelerating normal propagation and growth speeds of fishes. The fish breeding device includes a box body, a controllable partition plate, an extraction pump, and the magnetizer; the controllable partition plate is arranged in the box body and used for dividing the inner space of the box body into a feeding area and a non-feeding area; the extraction pump is arranged on the controllable partition plate and used for exchanging the water body in the feeding area with the water body in the non-feeding area; the magnetizer is arranged on the outer wall of the box body corresponding to the feeding area, and used for magnetizing the water body of the feeding area. In the disclosure, fish eggs are further hatched by the magnetized water. An adjustable magnetic field is utilized to act on fishes in development so that the fishes normally propagate and grow without causing the problems of retarded embryo development, stagnation, deformity, and the like. Meanwhile, pollutants generated in a feeding process can be purified, the utilization rate of feed put in a breeding process is increased, intermittent magnetization is adopted, and the consumption of electric energy is reduced.