JPWO2020000093A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (14)

It ’s an open ocean fish cage.
With a fish enclosure configured to allow water to flow through
Floating collars with a plurality of buoyant segments , each buoyant collar having an upwardly extending inner handrail, the fish fence being the upper end portion of the inner handrail so that the fish fence is supported by the inner handrail. Attached to, the inner handrail is further connected to an adjacent inner handrail by a flexible joint, and the levitation segment is configured to twist around the flexible joint, with a levitation collar.
A weight ring assembly suspended from the outer portion of the buoyant collar by a plurality of suspension members , at least most of the fish enclosure is arranged vertically between the buoyant collar and the weight ring assembly, and further said. The flexible joint is a weight ring assembly that is located inside the suspension member .
Equipped with an open ocean fish cage. The pelagic fish cage of claim 1, wherein the buoyancy of the buoyancy collar is adjustable so that the fish enclosure can be selectively transitioned between a net positive buoyancy state and a net negative buoyancy state. The pelagic fish cage of claim 1, wherein the weight ring assembly comprises a plurality of ring segments. The buoyancy segment comprises a framework comprising a platform and a plurality of buoyancy members attached to the framework under the platform, at least some of the buoyancy members are movable between outer and inner positions. The pelagic fish cage according to claim 1, which is configured to be. The open ocean fish cage according to claim 4, wherein at least some of the buoyancy members are variable buoyancy members. The variable buoyancy member is held to receive and hold water to move the pelagic fish cage to a net negative buoyancy state and to move the pelagic fish cage to a net positive buoyancy state. The pelagic fish cage according to claim 5, which is configured to replace the water with air. The open-sea fish cage according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of suspension members suspending the weight ring assembly from the floating collar have segments of adjustable length. The pelagic fish cage according to claim 1, further comprising a mote trap in which the fish enclosure is configured to receive fish from the lower end of the fish enclosure. The pelagic fish cage of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of buoyant segments is connected to one non-adjacent of the other buoyant segments by a corresponding radial connector . The pelagic fish cage of claim 4, wherein at least some of the plurality of buoyancy members are variable buoyancy members, wherein the variable buoyancy member further comprises a valve system. The pelagic fish cage and anchor system comprising the pelagic fish cage according to claim 1, wherein the weighting assembly is attached to a plurality of corresponding separated anchors directly or indirectly through adjacent cages of the grid system. An open- sea fish cage and anchor system with multiple anchor lines to connect. 11. The pelagic fish cage according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of anchor lines further include a plurality of underwater buoys attached to the corresponding one of the plurality of anchor lines in an intermediate position as an impact mitigation and anchor line tensioning device. Anchor system. Each said plurality of anchor lines comprises a portion having a proximal end connected to the weight ring assembly and a distal end attached to an anchor line connecting a joint suspended from a surface buoy. The pelagic fish cage and anchor system according to claim 12 . 13. The pelagic fish cage and anchor system of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of anchor lines are directly or indirectly connected to the weight ring assembly at at least three points.