| 摘要 |
A new and unique method and apparatus for the farming of redfish and the like. The exemplary embodiment of the present invention teaches an apparatus comprising a converted hopper barge retrofitted to allow circulation of water surrounding the vessel within the habitation tank(s). The present invention further teaches a fully self-contained farming apparatus providing the optimum environment for mariculture including circulation, oxygenation, replenishing of the water as well as an apparatus designed to systematically feed the crop and dispensing antibiotics and other solutions into the water environment as needed. The apparatus is designed for floating transport to a shallow water area with optimal salinity, PH, and purity and then be partially submerged via the opening of large coffer passages. The passages include a barrier for preventing the escape of the crop, while allowing new water circulation of the habitat. The present system is designed to farm fingerling size fish to a marketable size as efficiently and quickly as possible; when the fish have been farmed to the desired size, the coffer doors are closed, water is removed from the farming tanks to allow the vessel to float, and the barge is transported an area where the fish may be harvested. the present apparatus may be used in the mariculture of a variety of marine species, and may also be used for the purification of shellfish such as oysters or the like in an alternative embodiment, which teaches the multiple stacking of oyster racks in the tank area.
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