Patent classifications
A01K2227/70
Systems and methods for automated maturation of oysters
An automated oyster maturation system including a containment assembly rotatably disposed within a housing. The containment assembly includes a spiral construction that includes compartments that are in communication with one another, walls that define the compartments, and ramps. Openings disposed in the walls and ramps increase in size from the outer diameter to the inner diameter of the spiral construction so that, with every complete rotation of the containment assembly, every oyster will tumble further into the spiral construction and ascend from its original compartment into the adjacent inner compartment where opening size is larger than in the original compartment such that only oysters which have grown sufficiently can remain in the adjacent inner compartment while oysters that have not grown sufficiently yet will fall through the openings of the adjacent inner compartment into the original compartment.
Responsive dispersion from compartment in aqueous solution
The invention is an apparatus unit that adjusts the dispersion from a compartment to an aqueous solution in response to an independent variable such as an environmental factor, in order to optimize seeding, marking, warning or treatment. The compartment enables any selection of solids, liquids or gasses to be contained and mixed when ready for dispersion. A preferred embodiment is a solar powered pump, self-contained within a buoy over a shallow tidal pool, for the purpose of distributing seeds for marine vegetation under ideal conditions for propagation. The unit provides for sensing and measurement of the environment, then adapting the dispersion for optimum effect.
SENSOR DATA PROCESSING
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for sensor data processing. The method may include the actions of obtaining sensor data regarding aquatic livestock over periods of time, where the sensor data is captured by at least one sensor at different depths, determining, for each of the periods of time, whether the sensor data captured at different depths during the period of time satisfy one or more evaluation criteria, generating an input data set that concatenates representations of the periods of time, providing the input data set to a machine-learning trained model, receiving, as an output from the machine-learning trained model, an indication of an action to be performed for the aquatic livestock, and initiating performance of the action for the aquatic livestock.
Attenuation system and use thereof
Disclosed are an attenuation system and the use thereof for attenuating plasmodia, specifically the use of an EF1g gene for attenuating plasmodia. The attenuation system regulates the expression or degradation of the EF1g gene by using a regulatory system, thereby controlling the growth of plasmodia and achieving the attenuation of plasmodia.
A METHOD OF GENERATING STERILE PROGENY
The disclosure provides a method of generating a sterile fish, crustacean, or mollusk. The method comprises breeding (i) a fertile hemizygous mutated female fish, crustacean, or mollusk with (ii) a fertile hemizygous mutated male fish, crustacean, or mollusk, selecting a female progenitor that is homozygous by genotypic selection, and breeding the homozygous female progenitor to produce the sterile fish, crustacean, or mollusk. The mutation disrupts the maternal-effect of a primordial germ cell (PGC) development gene and does not impair the viability, sex determination, fertility, or a combination thereof, of a homozygous progenitor. The disclosure also provides methods of making broodstock freshwater and seawater organisms for use in producing sterilized freshwater and seawater organisms, as well as the broodstock itself.
Functional sex-reversal of decapod crustacean females
The present invention provides a primary cell culture which combines a cell culture medium and cells derived from a hypertrophied androgenic gland (AG) of a decapod crustacean. The invention also provides methods for obtaining an all-female progeny by initially injecting/transplanting the primary cell culture to a genetic-female to obtain a male-Neo-male.
FUNCTIONAL SEX-REVERSAL OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN FEMALES
The present invention provides a primary cell culture which combines a cell culture medium and cells derived from a hypertrophied androgenic gland (AG) of a decapod crustacean. The invention also provides methods for obtaining an all-female progeny by initially injecting/transplanting the primary cell culture to a genetic-female to obtain a male-Neo-male.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MATURATION OF OYSTERS
An automated oyster maturation system including a containment assembly rotatably disposed within a housing. The containment assembly includes a spiral construction that includes compartments that are in communication with one another, walls that define the compartments, and ramps. Openings disposed in the walls and ramps increase in size from the outer diameter to the inner diameter of the spiral construction so that, with every complete rotation of the containment assembly, every oyster will tumble further into the spiral construction and ascend from its original compartment into the adjacent inner compartment where opening size is larger than in the original compartment such that only oysters which have grown sufficiently can remain in the adjacent inner compartment while oysters that have not grown sufficiently yet will fall through the openings of the adjacent inner compartment into the original compartment.
Aquacultured crustacean and method of producing same
Provided is an aquacultured crustacean having improved umami, uses thereof, and a method for producing the same. The crustacean does not burrow in sand, contain glycine and alanine, and has 2400 mg or more of free amino acids per 100 g of abdominal muscle. The content of glycine is 550 mg or more per 100 g of abdominal muscle, and the content of alanine is 140 mg or more per 100 g of abdominal muscle.
Transportable container for the breeding of invertebrates with three-dimensional prismatic interior of gyroid structure.
Transportable container for the breeding of invertebrates with a three-dimensional prismatic interior of gyroid structure of continuous development characterized by being made up of a container of straight rectangular parallelepiped shape (1) which has a top cover (2) in its upper part and two rings in the middle of its side faces (3), and where in the lower third of the container's (1) height there is a perimetral elastic element (4) to be able to help the assembly vibrate without causing breakage; bellow the perimetral elastic element (4) and in the lateral faces there are two couplings (5) to fix a hose; at the outer side of the container (6) there is a sliding profile (7), which is located on the inside of the container (1) and is positioned on the inner side of the container; there is a waste collection tray (8) that runs along the surface of the profile, which has two semi-circular tabs (9) to allow the removal of the tray; at the bottom of the container (1) there are four legs (10) made up of two L-shaped plates that start from the four corners of the container (1) and rest on a transport platform (11) carried by a mobile vehicle; and there is a central element that occupies 70% of the container formed The central element that occupies 70% of the container is a three-dimensional prismatic interior of gyroid structure of continuous development (12), built by a 3D printer in plastic material, where the internal or empty part of this body is over 98% of it.