Apparatus for collecting live marine animals

Details Apparatus for collecting live marine animals Apparatus for collecting live marine animals

1998-10-21

2000-12-19

Poon, Peter M.

Animal husbandry

Aquatic animal culturing

Fish culturing

119216, 119226, A01K 6300

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061615048

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for collecting and discharging live marine animals, the apparatus having a collection chamber for holding the marine animals, an inlet conduit having one end extendible into a body of water containing the marine animals, and another end in fluid communication with the chamber, the conduit being sized to allow the marine animals to pass therethrough, a pump to suck water out of the chamber which also causes water to flow through the conduit and into the chamber thereby carrying the marine animals through the conduit and into the chamber, a screen to prevent the marine animals from being sucked into the pump, a discharge outlet through which the marine animals can pass out of the apparatus, and a mechanism the marine animals through the discharge outlet.

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