Animal husbandry – Aquatic animal culturing – Fish culturing
Patent
1996-03-29
1998-10-06
Price, Thomas
Animal husbandry
Aquatic animal culturing
Fish culturing
A01K 6100
Patent
active
058161961
ABSTRACT:
A device and method for volitionally orienting fish relies upon the instinctive reactions of fish in order to ensure that when the fish exit a containing vessel, they do so with a uniform anatomical orientation, such as head-first, dorsal-side-up. The containing vessel is partially filled with water and has at least one exit. A flow of water is generated away from the exit of the vessel, causing any fish that are introduced into the vessel to orient themselves head-first into the direction of the flow. In addition, an environment within the water of the vessel may be created that is disturbing to the fish, thereby causing the fish to want to exit the vessel. In order for the fish to exit the vessel, they must actively swim toward and through the exit opening. After the fish exit the vessel, they may then be subjected to any number of fish handling operations--such as automated vaccinating, tagging/marking, sorting, and/or counting--where it may be beneficial to have fish delivered to a given location at a high rate of speed and with a uniform orientation.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4854455 (1989-08-01), Faivre
patent: 4934537 (1990-06-01), DeBourke
Brochure for Bioscanner Counting Tub, No Date, 5 pp.
Bergman Peter Kenneth
Webster James Lucian
Northwest Marine Technology Inc.
Price Thomas
LandOfFree
Device and method for volitionally orienting fish does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Device and method for volitionally orienting fish, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Device and method for volitionally orienting fish will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-68412