47 results about "Marine species" patented technology

A method and system for the inland aquaculture of marine species using water from a saline aquifer having a heavy metals content within the acceptable limits of the EPA guidelines for drinking water. The aquifer is preferably the Coconino aquifer located in Arizona and New Mexico. The system can be used to culture microalgae, macroalgae, fish, shrimp and many other marine species. Nutrients and fertilizers can be added to the water to optimize culture conditions for particular species. Useful products can be isolated from the marine species or the cultured marine species can be harvested as useful products themselves.

A system and method for treating ballast water within an ocean going vessel by generating hypochlorite for treating the ballast water. The system comprises one or more hypochlorite electrolytic cells in fluid communication with a stream of ballast water. A chlorine analyzer is positioned downstream from the electrolytic cells to determine the chlorine concentration of the treated ballast water. A hydrogen separator is connected to the hypochlorite electrolytic cells for venting hydrogen. In the method of this invention, water is taken aboard the ship for ballast in one port. A treatment stream is separated from the ballast water stream and piped to hypochlorite electrolytic cells. Hypochlorite is generated into the treatment stream and the hydrogen byproduct is separated by the hydrogen separators. The treatment stream is then reintroduced to the ballast water to eliminate marine species and pathogenic bacteria from ballast water. The ballast water undergoes de-chlorination prior to being discharged into a new port.

A system and method for treating ballast water within an ocean going vessel by generating hypochlorite for treating the ballast water. The system comprises one or more hypochlorite electrolytic cells in fluid communication with a stream of ballast water. A chlorine analyzer is positioned downstream from the electrolytic cells to determine the chlorine concentration of the treated ballast water. A hydrogen separator is connected to the hypochlorite electrolytic cells for venting hydrogen. In the method of this invention, water is taken aboard the ship for ballast in one port. A treatment stream is separated from the ballast water stream and piped to hypochlorite electrolytic cells. Hypochlorite is generated into the treatment stream and the hydrogen byproduct is separated by the hydrogen separators. The treatment stream is then reintroduced to the ballast water to eliminate marine species and pathogenic bacteria from ballast water. The ballast water undergoes de-chlorination prior to being discharged into a new port.

The invention concern device placed in a fishing trawl for sorting out marine species not to be caught. The device is inserted in the after part of the trawl, near the trawl bag. The device is a venturi-type narrowing (2) comprising outslip unit (11) being placed in front end of the narrowing, forming a part of the trawl. The outslip unit allows selection of marine species not to be caught. The fish to escape is directed towards the outslip unit (11).

The invention is an apparatus for the cultivation of marine species, particularly molluscan shellfish such as oysters. The shellfish are cultivated within a rotating cylinder featuring water-permeable walls, and positioned at the water surface by buoyant chambers such that a portion of the cylinder is immersed while the remainder is exposed to the atmosphere. The rotational position of the cylinder is advanced by way of a passive mechanical interaction driven by changes in local water elevations (e.g. tide cycles), thereby creating a repetitive and systematic exposure of the entirety of the cylinder wall to atmospheric desiccation. Furthermore, the rotation of the cylinder promotes a gentle tumbling of the shellfish within, thereby improving product shape and uniformity of growth, as well as enhancing the clearing of accumulating sediments and / or metabolic wastes.

An integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system (multico) for a primary species, preferably a carnivorous marine species with high market value, secondary, preferably an omnivorous species of medium market value and tertiary species, preferably a detrivorous species with high market value, combined with an unfolding system for the primary species to an open semi-intensive or extensive system, the multico system for the primary species is an intensive closed or semi-closed system. The secondary species is stocked in an intensive closed or semi-closed system, while the tertiary species is stocked in a semi-intensive or closed extensive or semi-closed system. The multico system of the primary species is in communication with the system of the secondary species, while the system of the secondary species is in communication with the system of the tertiary species.

The invention relates to a system for treating ship ballast water for removing marine species and pathogenic bacteria from the ballast water, belonging to the application field of marine environmental protection technology. The system comprises a pipeline for discharging the ballast water in and out of a ballast tank of a ship, a seawater pump arranged on the pipe line for feeding and discharging water for the ballast tank, a coarse filter and a fine filter for sieving and filtering seawater, a detection instrument, a control system, an oxygen cabin, a nitrogen cabin and a gas-liquid mixing unit for rapid deoxidization and oxygenation. During the loading process, the ballast water is deoxidized by the gas-liquid mixing unit to limit oxygen content of the ballast tank, thus greatly lowering survival rate of aquatic organisms from the ballast water, avoiding formation of ferric oxide or rust, and reducing corrosion degree on the ballast water tank; and during the unloading process, the ballast water is oxygenated by the gas-liquid mixing unit to destroy anaerobic microbes in seawater, thus avoiding adverse effects of deoxygenated water on the local aquatic organisms.

A method and apparatus for a marine vessel landing site barrier is described. The apparatus includes a barrier adapted to at least partially surround a marine vessel and partition the water surrounding the marine vessel to prevent or minimize marine species from entering water intake systems located on the marine vessel. The barrier prevents ingress and egress of marine species from entering the water surrounding the marine vessel, which facilitates efficient operation of water intake and exchange systems on the vessel.

The invention aims at providing a molecular marker for identifying trachinotus ovatus and trachinotus blochii and application of the molecular marker. The molecular marker contributes to solving the problems of marine species mixing and the like, and technical support is provided for pompano breeding, pompano resource protection and reasonable utilization and biodiversity studies. The molecular marker for identifying the trachinotus ovatus and the trachinotus blochii comprises a primer CSF and a primer CSR, the specific sequence of CSF is GTCATACGCTCCCGAAGAT, and the specific sequence of CSR is TAGGGCTAAGCATAGTGGG. The molecular marker is used for identifying the trachinotus ovatus and the trachinotus blochii. A kit containing the molecular marker primers and a PCR system reagent is applied to identifying the trachinotus ovatus and the trachinotus blochii. The molecular marker identifying the trachinotus ovatus and the trachinotus blochii is further used for identifying offspring seedsof the trachinotus ovatus and the trachinotusblochii. The result indicates that the two kinds of fishes differ in two basic groups, which is shown as a conversion and a transversion, the result is stable, and the repeatability is high.

A method and apparatus for providing ballast water, cooling water, and / or auxiliary service water to a marine vessel is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of pumps coupled to a docking facility. Each of the pumps collect water surrounding the docking facility and provides filtered water to the marine vessel as the vessel is moored. One or both of the docking facility and pumps may include a filtering device configured to prevent marine species from being entrained in the collected water.

A method and apparatus for providing ballast water, cooling water, and / or auxiliary service water to a marine vessel is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of pumps coupled to a docking facility. Each of the pumps collect water surrounding the docking facility and provides filtered water to the marine vessel as the vessel is moored. One or both of the docking facility and pumps may include a filtering device configured to prevent marine species from being entrained in the collected water.

The present invention provides an autonomous submersible device which can locate, intercept, control and / or gather various marine species. The submersible device includes an intelligence module which can detect, develop a plan to intercept or control the detected marine species, as well as capture the marine species. The submersible device may work alone or in combination with other submersible devices. In addition, the submersible device may be towed by a ship or be self-propelled. The submersible device may optionally include a communication system to communicate with a remotely located supervisory control system and / or the user. The submersible device also includes sensor equipment for detecting the marine species. The submersible device is controlled through the utilization of a plurality of moveable control surfaces, ballast tanks, or other control mechanisms commonly used by underwater submersibles. The intelligence module in each submersible device may communicate with the user and / or an information gathering and control system.

The present invention relates to a seawater quality reference prediction method based on a quantitative structure-activity relationship of metal and metalloid. According to the method, the toxic endpoint of unknown metal is predicted according to a quantitative relationship between the structural feature of metallic ions and the marine life acute toxic effect, and a risk concentration for protecting different proportions of marine life is analyzed and deduced in conjunction with sensitivity distribution of different species; and a QSAR metal toxicity prediction model is established by integrating metal physical and chemical structure parameters and toxic mechanisms of different marine life and is applied to prediction of an unknown seawater quality reference maximum concentration. The seawater acute reference prediction method based on the metal quantitative structure-activity relationship is based on the ecology principle; the system screens various marine species and takes the screened marine species as smallest biological prediction sets; and single-parameter toxicity prediction models are established separately, thereby improving the model precision and prediction ability.

The invention relates to the technical field of information processing of marine biodiversity, particularly to a rapid checking method and apparatus for marine organism survey data. The rapid checking method comprises the steps of classifying the marine organism survey data; performing completeness check, standardability check and accuracy check on each type of the classified marine organism survey data to generate a check result; and unifying the formats of the marine organism survey data, standardizing names of species, modifying error data, and improving data quality according to the check result, so as to supply high-quality data support for researching on the marine ecological environment state, and predicting on the marine ecological environment changing tendency. According to the embodiments of the rapid checking method and apparatus for the marine organism survey data disclosed by the invention, a unified and standard checking process and checking content are provided for the checking of the marine organism survey data; in addition, checking on the marine organism survey data is performed from the aspects of data completeness, standardability and accuracy; and particularly, rapid checking and batch modification on the names of marine species are realized, so that the check is more comprehensive, higher in accuracy and high in speed.

The present invention refers to a composition comprising a solution which in turn comprises an amino acidic chain gelatin polymer derived from natural sources of cold-adapted marine species, at a concentration from 1% to 20% (w / v), which optionally further comprises a polymerizing initiator such as a photoinitiator, and is chemically functionalized to become reactive to polymerization or crosslinking in presence of free radicals. This composition is especially useful for 3D printing, extrusion systems (additive fabrication), spray systems, casting, micro- and nano fibers fabrication systems (electrospinning, solution blow spinning) or microfluidics.

A marine containment device is disclosed for containing a marine species. The device includes a body having a first end and a second end. An entry is in the first end for defining an open position and a closed position. The open position is created by a spearing device with a marine species pushing against the entry and allowing the marine species into the body. The closed position is created by the spearing device removing the spearing device from the body and stripping the marine species off the spearing device. A displacement drain is in the second end for displacing the water within the body during the open position and minimizing displacement of the water through the entry. A travel distance is in the displacement drain for offsetting the exiting water from the body and prohibiting protrusion of the marine species from the body.

This system for cultivating marine species employs a marine-based array of floating closed-containment tanks composed of panels made of waterproof fiberglass laminate materials and internal buoyant foam-based materials. The panels, connected by flanged struts, form the walls and bottom of the tanks, which are substantially cylindrical in overall shape. The tops of the tanks are open to the atmosphere but are protected from predators via a thick mesh top net. The system also employs a filtration system which utilizes centrifugal water flow and hydraulics to remove sludge and solid matter which is then filtered and transformed into a component for use in garden fertilizers. It also uses an electronic computerized system for monitoring and controlling the marine species rearing environment.

The invention relates to a novel biochemical efficient environmental protection disinfectant, which can be applied to sterilization and disinfection for various industries, various fields, various articles and various environments. The novel biochemical efficient environmental protection disinfectant is a chemical compound disinfectant with natural ingredients of natural marine species, and has the advantages of obvious additive effect, good sterilization and disinfection effects, efficient broad spectrum, safety and innocuity, no damages to sterilized articles, no pollution to the environment, good product performance, low price and convenient use, so the novel biochemical efficient environmental protection disinfectant can be widely popularized and applied and is an updated product for sterilization and disinfection currently.

A method and apparatus for a marine vessel water intake filtering system is described. The apparatus includes a filtering device adapted to couple to the marine vessel over a water intake port in the hull of the vessel. The filtering device lowers the flow velocity of the water on the incoming surface of the filter while maintaining a suitable flow to the intake port of the vessel. The filtering device prevents marine species of a certain size from becoming entrained in the water flow and entering the intake port, and provides for marine species that may be in the area of the intake do not become impinged on the filtering device as a result of intake water flow velocity.

An aquaculture method and a method for reducing biofouling of vessels or submerged structures, the method comprising broadcasting into the marine environment sound at a frequency or in a frequency range effective to attract one or more marine species to the sound source.

The invention provides an ocean element vertical section measuring device. The device comprises a data acquisition unit, a serial port communication unit, a single-chip microcomputer control unit, a storage unit, a limit switch unit, a mechanical execution unit and a power supply unit, wherein the data acquisition unit is used for measuring parameters such as temperature, salinity and depth of seawater, and the acquired parameters are uploaded to the single-chip microcomputer control unit through the serial port communication unit; the parameters acquired by the data acquisition unit are processed by the single-chip microcomputer control unit and then sent to the storage unit to be stored through an SPI interface. C805IF340 and a direct current motor are adopted, in combination with an integrated transducer, serial port communication, a switch relay and SD card storage technology, the control of three states, namely pawl mechanism unidirection grasping, damping locking and free upwardfloating and mass storage of measured data are realized, the collected data are simple and easy to read, and the purpose of long-term, fixed-point and continuous collection of ocean elements at various layer surfaces below water is realized.

The invention discloses a marine organism incubator, comprising a base, the base is a hollow rectangular box, four corners of the top plate of the base are vertically provided with supporting columns, and a box body is arranged above the base, and the box body The top of the box is open, the bottom surface of the box is fixedly connected to the top of each support column, a water inlet is provided on one side of the box, a filter mechanism is provided between the box and the base, and the filter The mechanism includes a conversion box, a sealing box, a first mounting plate, and a second mounting plate. The conversion box is packed in a rectangular box and is located between the box body and the base. The bottom surface of the conversion box and the box body and the top surface of the base are left There is a gap, the sealing box is packed in a rectangular box, and the sealing box is arranged between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate, a two-way two-way oil cylinder is arranged in the sealing box, and the two output rods of the two-way oil cylinder are respectively connected to the first mounting plate. board, the second mounting board connection. The invention can filter and recycle the culture solution, and has good use effect.

The present invention mimics the natural process of oceanic upwelling wherein deep ocean water rises into the photic zone and provides a nutrient rich environment for phytoplankton, the beginning of the marine food chain. The power of waves is utilized to cause a down-flow of warm surface water though a plurality of conduits. A heat exchange process delivers warmth to the deep water which rises in a conduit due to a buoyancy that results from the warming. Deep ocean water that is rich in nutrients is brought into the photic zone to facilitate the primary production of marine life. The present invention can convert a non-fertile ocean environment into a fertile ocean environment. This fertile ocean environment can be used for aquaculture and to restore and also to enhance marine populations. The present invention vertically mixes ocean water which has a multitude of other advantages.

The present invention refers to a composition comprising a solution which in turn comprises an amino acidic chain gelatin polymer derived from natural sources of cold-adapted marine species, at a concentration from 1% to 20% (w / v), which optionally further comprises a polymerizing initiator such as a photoinitiator, and is chemically functionalized to become reactive to polymerization or crosslinking in presence of free radicals. This composition is especially useful for 3D printing, extrusion systems (additive fabrication), spray systems, casting, micro-and nano fibers fabrication systems (electrospinning, solution blow spinning) or microfluidics.

The invention discloses a locating fixture for construction of a ship outfitting piece module, and relates to the technical field of ship assembly. The locating fixture comprises a slide rail and a sliding sleeve assembly, wherein the sliding sleeve assembly comprises a sliding sleeve slidably arranged on the slide rail in a sleeving manner; the sliding sleeve is connected with a fixing rod through a chain; the fixing rod can be detachably connected with the slide rail; and different outfitting pieces in the ship outfitting piece module are fixed to the same slide rail through the sliding sleeve assembly. According to the locating fixture for construction of the ship outfitting piece module provided by the invention, the spaced irregular outfitting pieces can be clamped, the mounting accuracy is high, the assembly line type operation can be achieved, the fixture can be recycled, and the waste is avoided.

An integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system (multico) for a primary species, preferably a carnivorous marine species with high market value, secondary, preferably an omnivorous species of medium market value and tertiary species, preferably a detrivorous species with high market value, combined with an unfolding system for the primary species to an open semi-intensive or extensive system, the multico system for the primary species is an intensive closed or semi-closed system. The secondary species is stocked in an intensive closed or semi-closed system, while the tertiary species is stocked in a semi-intensive or closed extensive or semi-closed system. The multico system of the primary species is in communication with the system of the secondary species, while the system of the secondary species is in communication with the system of the tertiary species.

A lionfish containment unit or device used to secure a venomous or non-venomous marine species while diving. Certain embodiments of the device allow for the entry of the specimen into the containment unit without the diver coming in direct contact with the specimen. The invention includes for displacement of air and water through weep holes and other manners that prohibit the venomous spines from protruding through.

A device for identifying marine species. The device allows the fisherman to quickly identify what specie has been caught, its legal size and the amount of that specific specie that can be collected for recreational or commercial purposes, all this while the specie is still alive, allowing enough time to the fisherman to keep or return to the water the specie that has just been caught.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatus for sorting undesired marine species during trawling, provides a pliable grid when the trawl net is pulled from the water and wound tightly on the net reel, and when the trawl is deployed in the water, the apparatus is fixed into place inside the trawl and holding its shape with consistent grid spacing. Marine species sorting apparatus in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes grid, back straps, and lead ring. Grid includes a plurality of bars surrounded by grid frame. Grid frame is attached to lead ring at an angle using terminal couplers. Lead ring supports grid and secures marine species sorting apparatus in trawl webbing referred to as the extension.