The present disclosure provides generally for a system and method for planting flora, fauna, and dispersing various organisms through drone delivery. The system may comprise of a drone with seedling box that may hold and drop the pods containing flora or fauna. The seedling box may hold the pods with the flora or fauna in them and at specific intervals drop the pod with the flora or fauna. The seedling box may also hold various organisms or other materials and drop these organisms or materials when directed. A seedling box may comprise loading mechanism and deploying mechanism to facilitate accurate, timely deployment of the pods containing the seedlings. A pod may comprise a weighted tip with hollow cavity for seedling placement and a vertical rod for securing seedling during deployment. Where the system comprises uneven number of seedlings, seedling box may include counterweights to provide stability in configured flight patterns for duration of seedling deployment.

The present disclosure provides generally for a system and method for planting flora, fauna, and dispersing various organisms through drone delivery. The system may comprise of a drone with seedling box that may hold and drop the pods containing flora or fauna. The seedling box may hold the pods with the flora or fauna in them and at specific intervals drop the pod with the to flora or fauna. The seedling box may also hold various organisms or other materials and drop these organisms or materials when directed. A seedling box may comprise loading mechanism and deploying mechanism to facilitate accurate, timely deployment of the pods containing the seedlings. A pod may comprise a weighted tip with hollow cavity for seedling placement and a vertical rod for securing seedling during deployment. Where the system comprises uneven number of seedlings, seedling box may include counterweights to provide stability in configured flight patterns for duration of seedling deployment.

Systems and methods for cultivating or accumulating climate-focused marine target products are described herein. The target product may be microalgae, macroalgae, plankton, marine bacteria or archaea, filter feeders (such as oysters or clams), or crustaceans either for the purpose of bioremediation, eventual cultivation or for sequestering carbon dioxide; or the target product may be direct chemical or biological accumulation of carbon or carbon containing organisms. The system is primarily a floating apparatus designed to hold the target product in a region of the water column and in a spatial region of the water where it will best accumulate target product mass. In some embodiments the system is designed to achieve eventual passive sinking (transformation from a floating to sinking apparatus) into the deep ocean. In some embodiments, the system is equipped with purpose-chosen sensors to instrument and quantify the various biological and mechanical processes occurring onboard.

A protector device includes a plurality of pairs of multi-pronged elements. Each pair of multi-pronged elements includes a first multi-pronged element having a first C-shaped element that has a first straight section, a first end forming a first end spike, and a second end forming a second end spike, and a first connecting element attached to and perpendicular to the first C-shaped element. Each pair of multi-pronged elements also includes a second multi-pronged element including a second C-shaped element connected to the first connecting element of the first multi-pronged element, the second C-shape element having a second straight section, a third end forming a third end spike, and a fourth end forming a fourth end spike, and a second connecting element attached to and perpendicular to the second C-shaped element.

A protector device includes a plurality of pairs of multi-pronged elements. Each pair of multi-pronged elements includes a first multi-pronged element having a first C-shaped element that has a first straight section, a first end forming a first end spike, and a second end forming a second end spike, and a first connecting element attached to and perpendicular to the first C-shaped element. Each pair of multi-pronged elements also includes a second multi-pronged element including a second C-shaped element connected to the first connecting element of the first multi-pronged element, the second C-shape element having a second straight section, a third end forming a third end spike, and a fourth end forming a fourth end spike, and a second connecting element attached to and perpendicular to the second C-shaped element.

A water intake and pretreatment system (10) comprising an inlet for delivering water from a natural source to a reservoir (12); said inlet to reservoir having a net screen (16) to prevent entry of organisms above a predetermined size and including a one-way gate (30) to allow organisms to exit the reservoir; said reservoir further comprising a granular filter media for water and algae filtration; and a drainage layer for removal of filtered water from the granular filter media to a drainage outlet. A local backwashing apparatus (40) is included for localized backwashing of the granular filter media.

A water intake and pretreatment system (10) comprising an inlet for delivering water from a natural source to a reservoir (12); said inlet to reservoir having a net screen (16) to prevent entry of organisms above a predetermined size and including a one-way gate (30) to allow organisms to exit the reservoir; said reservoir further comprising a granular filter media for water and algae filtration; and a drainage layer for removal of filtered water from the granular filter media to a drainage outlet. A local backwashing apparatus (40) is included for localized backwashing of the granular filter media.

A method of shoreline rehabilitation and carbon sequestration includes forming a plurality of apparatus designed to induce the formation of vertical oyster reefs wherein each apparatus includes a plurality of individual mesh bags and coupling each individual mesh bag to an adjacent mesh bag and filling each individual mesh bag with cultch material; installing at least one segment of contiguous vertical oyster inducing elements, wherein each segment is formed of contiguous line of the plurality of apparatus, wherein at least one apparatus includes acute angled wave breaking apexes positioned to face wave energy configured for reducing locally generated wave energy impinging on relatively sheltered shorelines; and adding submerged aquatic vegetation in an area having reduced locally generated wave energy impinging therein based upon the at least one segment of contiguous vertical oyster inducing elements.

A method of shoreline rehabilitation and carbon sequestration includes forming a plurality of apparatus designed to induce the formation of vertical oyster reefs wherein each apparatus includes a plurality of individual mesh bags and coupling each individual mesh bag to an adjacent mesh bag and filling each individual mesh bag with cultch material; installing at least one segment of contiguous vertical oyster inducing elements, wherein each segment is formed of contiguous line of the plurality of apparatus, wherein at least one apparatus includes acute angled wave breaking apexes positioned to face wave energy configured for reducing locally generated wave energy impinging on relatively sheltered shorelines; and adding submerged aquatic vegetation in an area having reduced locally generated wave energy impinging therein based upon the at least one segment of contiguous vertical oyster inducing elements.

The present disclosure relates to an oyster settlement substrate technology, and particularly relates to a settlement substrate of Portland cement concrete and lightweight concrete for oyster and a preparation method thereof. According to the settlement substrate for inducing marine sessile organisms, an inducer is mixed to greatly improve the capability of rapid induction of settlement and metamorphosis of sessile organisms and promotion of long-term growth, and other properties of concrete are basically not affected; and the settlement substrate for inducing the marine sessile organisms can be used for construction of marine ecological engineering and corrosion prevention of marine concrete engineering.