Method of transporting a load of living shell-fish and apparatus usable in such transportation.

摘要

A method of transporting shell-fish at high load densities comprises immersing the shell-fish in sea water in a transportable container associated with a refrigeration system and with oxygenating means comprising an air pump (20 or 25) and air ducts (22) having discharge orifices through which air is discharged to form a multiplicity of ascending streams of fine bubbles distributed over the whole plan area of the container. The container is transported while operating the refrigeration system and maintaining sufficiently intensive oxygenation of the water to keep the shell-fish alive.