KR102218630B1 - Octopus aquaculture apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, an octopus cultivation apparatus comprises: a cage unit including a housing part in which octopuses inhabit and seawater is filled and an activity part which is located at a height that is higher than the housing part, onto which tidal flats are applied, and in which the octopuses actively move; a first hiding unit which is disposed on the housing part of the cage unit, in which octopuses can independently hide, and which includes a plurality of hiding members formed in a column shape with an opened one side and installed to stacked on top of each other and a case member surrounding the plurality of hiding members; a partition member which is installed to cross the inside of the cage unit, and partitions the inside of the cage unit into a first cultivation area and a second cultivation area; a pumping member which is installed on a boundary part of the first cultivation area and the second cultivation area and moves seawater between the first cultivation area and the second cultivation area; and a control unit which is electrically connected to the pumping member, and controls the pumping member to enable the same to operate over time. According to the present invention, the survival rate of the octopus can be remarkably improved.

Description

Octopus aquaculture apparatus {Octopus aquaculture apparatus}

The present invention relates to an octopus farming apparatus, and more particularly, to an octopus farming apparatus that can be used to cultivate octopus.

Octopus is distributed all over the coast of Korea and is found in various sedimentary bottoms ranging from the bottom of the mud and tidal flat intertidal zone to a depth of around 100m. Octopus is a medium-sized octopus with a body length of about 30cm including the legs. Octopus is a major aquatic product produced in the tidal flat area of the southwestern coast of Korea, and occupies a very important position industrially, and is mainly caught by traps, long-seated or trawler nets.

However, octopus resources are gradually decreasing due to the recent reckless reclamation project and environmental pollution. In addition, the spawning period of octopuses is from May to June, and most octopuses are killed, so fishing of octopuses is rarely performed from May to August.

Therefore, live octopus is not readily available during the same period, so the price is very high. Therefore, if the octopus can be farmed and reared under natural conditions for a certain period, the economic value is very high.

Octopus is one of the most developed groups of mollusks, and it is distributed from intertidal zones to deep seas, but it lives by eating crabs, shrimp, shellfish, etc. by using its feet while digging holes in the tidal flats of the inner bay.

There is no standardized model for the facility method for raising or farming octopus, and no animal husbandry has been attempted in the case of octopus. Therefore, there is a need for a facility where octopus can hide in pearls or gravel, and is easy to eat, and is installed on the seabed so that it can be farmed or raised in natural environmental conditions.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1364161

An object of the present invention is to provide an octopus farming apparatus capable of stably farming a large amount of octopus.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an octopus farming apparatus that enables users to experience octopus farming.

An octopus farming apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a cage unit including a housing portion in which the octopus resides and filled with seawater, and an active portion positioned at a height higher than the housing portion, the tidal flat is applied, and an active portion in which the octopus is active; A plurality of concealing members positioned on the housing part of the cage unit and allowing octopus to be independently concealed, and formed in a column shape with one side open and installed to be stacked, and a case member surrounding the plurality of concealing members A first concealment unit comprising a; A partition member installed to traverse the inside of the cage unit and separating the inside of the cage unit into a first culture zone and a second culture zone; A pumping member installed at a boundary portion between the first aquaculture zone and the second aquaculture zone and moving seawater between the first farming zone and the second farming zone; And a control unit that is electrically connected to the pumping member and controls the pumping member so that the pumping member can be operated according to time.

Meanwhile, the controller may control the pumping member to maintain a state filled with seawater for a predetermined time in each of the first and second farming areas at night time.

On the other hand, it is located on the housing of the cage unit, a second hiding unit including a plurality of crushed stone; may include.

Meanwhile, in the second concealment unit, second crushed stones having a relatively smaller size than the first crushed stone may be stacked in a state in which the first crushed stones are stacked.

Meanwhile, the first concealment unit is plural, some of the first concealment units are arranged in a block shape, the rest are arranged in a closed curve shape around the block-shaped first concealment unit, and the second concealment unit is plural. A part of the second concealment unit may be installed adjacent to the block-shaped first concealing unit, and the rest of the second concealed unit may be installed adjacent to the first concealed unit having a closed curve shape.

Meanwhile, a plurality of water level sensors installed for each water level in seawater adjacent to the cage unit and measuring the height of the sea level, the controller receives water level data from the plurality of water level sensors, and based on the water level data Thus, it is possible to control the pumping member so that seawater is filled or discharged to a height corresponding to the water level data in the first or second aquaculture area.

The octopus farming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first hiding unit and a second hiding unit. Octopuses can survive by hiding in various spaces of the first hiding unit and the second hiding unit. Therefore, the octopus farming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can significantly improve the survival rate of octopus compared to the conventional octopus farming method.

In addition, the octopus farming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may allow tourists to experience the octopus farming process.

1 is a perspective view showing an octopus farming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the octopus culture apparatus of FIG. 1.
3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the octopus culture apparatus of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an extract of the first hiding unit from the octopus farming apparatus of FIG.
5 is a plan view showing a modified example of a second hiding unit in the octopus farming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram showing an octopus farming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing a time when seawater is filled in each of the first and second farming areas.
8 is a cross-sectional view showing an octopus farming apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may be implemented in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

In order to clearly describe the present invention, parts irrelevant to the description have been omitted, and the same reference numerals are assigned to the same or similar components throughout the specification.

In addition, in various embodiments, components having the same configuration will be described only in a representative embodiment by using the same reference numerals, and in other embodiments, only configurations different from the representative embodiment will be described.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be "connected" with another part, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected", but also being "indirectly connected" with another member therebetween. In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components unless specifically stated to the contrary.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms as defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and should not be interpreted as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in this application. Does not.

1 to 4, the octopus farming apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cage unit 130, a first hiding unit 110, a partition member 140, a pumping member 150, and It includes a control unit 160.

The border unit 130 may include a first concealment unit 110, a second concealment unit 120, and a partition member 140 to be described later. The cage unit 130 may include a housing unit 131 and an active unit 132.

The housing 131 is an area where octopus resides and seawater is filled. The active part 132 is located at a height higher than the housing part 131, and a tidal flat may be applied. Since the active part 132 is positioned higher than the housing part 131, seawater may or may not be filled.

This activity unit 132 is an area in which octopus is active. For example, the octopus may eat food that moves while moving around in the activity unit 132. To this end, the chilge (C) may be made to move around in the activity unit 132.

For this, the active part 132 of the cage unit 130 may include, for example, a base part 133 and a tidal flat part 134. The base portion 133 may have a step shape that gradually increases as the distance from the housing portion 131 increases. The tidal flat portion 134 may be applied on the base portion 133.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, the tidal flat portion 134 may be applied while a plurality of stones are stacked on the base portion 133. Accordingly, it is possible to hide the octopus while moving freely between the tidal flat portion 134 and the plurality of stones. In addition, by preventing the tidal flat portion 134 from flowing down from the base portion 133, the coated state can be more stably maintained.

Meanwhile, the cage unit 130 may further include a moisture supply member 135. The moisture supply member 135 may supply moisture to the tidal flat portion 134 to prevent the tidal flat portion 134 from drying out. The moisture supply member 135 for this may be, for example, a sprinkler.

The moisture supply member 135 may be installed on a portion of the tidal flat portion 134 to supply moisture to the tidal flat portion 134 while the nozzle rotates. A portion of the moisture supply member 135 may be buried in the base portion 133. The moisture supply member 135 may be automatically operated every predetermined time. Alternatively, it may be possible for the user to arbitrarily operate the moisture supply member 135.

The first concealment unit 110 is located on the housing 131 of the cage unit 130, and allows the octopus to be independently concealed. The first concealing unit 110 for this may include, for example, a concealing member 111 and a case member 112.

The concealing member 111 is formed in a column shape with one side open and is installed to be stacked. The hidden member 111 may be bamboo, for example. Unlike plastic, bamboo is a material that decomposes over time when discarded in nature, and is a material that can be obtained from nature. The first concealment unit 110 is made of such bamboo, so that octopus can be cultured in an environment-friendly manner.

The case member 112 surrounds the plurality of concealing members 111. The case member 112 may have a hexahedral shape.

The locking ring 113 may be installed on the upper side of the case member 112. The hook 113 makes it possible to easily connect the wire of the crane. Accordingly, when it is necessary to ship octopus, the user can quickly ship the octopus by hooking a wire not shown on the hooking ring 113 to take the first concealment unit 110 out of the housing unit 131 with a crane. have.

Such a first concealment unit 110 may be installed in the center of the housing 131 or may be installed at the edge. The first concealment unit 110 may be installed parallel to the inner wall of the housing 131.

The partition member 140 is installed so as to cross the inside of the cage unit 130. The partition member 140 may separate the inside of the cage unit 130 into a first farming zone 130A and a second farming zone 130B.

Accordingly, the cage unit 130 may be divided into a housing part 131 and an active part 132 in the front and rear direction by the partition member 140, and the first form zone 130A and the second form zone ( 130B) can be separated. Therefore, one half of the total of the housing units 131A and 131B is present in each of the first and second aquaculture areas 130A and 130B, and the first style is 1/2 of the total of the active units 132A and 132B. It may be present in each of the zone 130A and the second aquaculture zone 130B.

The pumping member 150 may be installed at a boundary between the first farming zone 130A and the second farming zone 130B. The pumping member 150 may move seawater between the first farming zone 130A and the second farming zone 130B. For this purpose, the pumping member 150 may be installed outside the cage unit 130, or it may be installed at a portion where the partition member 140 is located on the bottom surface of the housing 131 of the cage unit 130. have. The position of the pumping member 150 is not limited to a specific position.

When seawater is filled in the first aquaculture area 130A and not in the second aquaculture area 130B, when the pumping member 150 is operated, the seawater in the first aquaculture area 130A is ) Can be moved. In this process, the octopus that lives in the first farming area 130A can feel the low tide provided by nature. And, the octopus living in the second farming area 130B can feel the tide provided by nature.

That is, the octopus farming apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide an environment provided by nature to the octopus.

The controller 160 may be electrically connected to the pumping member 150 and control the pumping member 150 so that the pumping member 150 may be operated according to time. The controller 160 may be, for example, a microprocessor that controls the octopus farming apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the octopus farming apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a second hiding unit 120.

The second concealment unit 120 is located on the housing 131 of the cage unit 130 and may include a plurality of crushed stones. In the second concealment unit 120, second crushed stones 122 having a relatively smaller size than the first crushed stone 121 may be stacked in a state in which the first crushed stones 121 are stacked.

In more detail, the first crushed stone 121 having a relatively large size is stacked under the second concealing unit 120, and the size is relatively smaller than the second crushed stone 122 on the first crushed stone 121 The second crushed stone 122 may be accumulated.

Each octopus may have a difference in growth rate. Since the space between the first crushed stones 121 is relatively larger than the second crushed stones 122, the octopus having a large size may be hidden between the first crushed stones 121. And, the relatively small octopus may be hidden in the space between the second crushed stone (122).

Based on a view of the octopus farming apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention from top to bottom, the overall shape of the second hidden unic may have a closed curve shape. The second concealment unit 120 may be installed adjacent to the first concealment unit 110.

Referring to FIG. 5, there are a plurality of the first concealing units 110 described above, and some of the first concealing units 110 are arranged in a block shape, and the rest are around the first concealing unit 110 in a block shape. It can be arranged in a closed curve shape.

In this case, the second concealment unit 120 is plural, and a part of the second concealment unit 120A is installed adjacent to the block-shaped first concealment unit 110A, and the second concealment unit 120B is The rest may be installed adjacent to the first concealment unit 110B having a closed curve shape. Octopus may independently inhabit various spaces of the second hiding unit 120. Accordingly, the octopus farming apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can prevent octopuses from eating each other, thereby improving the survival rate of the octopus.

6 and 7, the operation of the pumping member 150 by the above-described control unit 160 will be described in detail. The control unit 160 may control the pumping member 150 to maintain a state filled with seawater for a predetermined time in each of the first and second farming areas 130A and 130B at night time.

For example, the control unit 160 may control the pumping member 150 so that seawater is filled in the first aquaculture area 130A from 18:00 to 24:00. Accordingly, since the octopus is generally nocturnal, the octopus living in the first aquaculture zone 130A can consume food while experiencing water filling during the night time.

Conversely, the control unit 160 may control the pumping member 150 so that seawater is filled in the second aquaculture zone 130B from 24 o'clock to 6 o'clock. That is, the octopus living in the first farming area 130A experiences an ebb tide at 24 o'clock, and the octopus living in the second farming area 130B can eat food while experiencing the tide at 24 o'clock. In this way, the controller 160 may control the pumping member 150 so that octopuses living in each of the first farming zone 130A and the second farming zone 130B consume food at night time.

In addition, the controller 160 may control the pumping member 150 so that seawater is filled in each of the first farming zone 130A and the second farming zone 130B for a predetermined period of time not only at night but also during daytime. Accordingly, the octopus farming apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide attractions while moving seawater between the first farming zone 130A and the second farming zone 130B to tourists visiting during the day. have.

Referring to FIG. 8, the octopus farming apparatus 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include a plurality of water level sensors 270.

The plurality of water level sensors 270 are installed in seawater adjacent to the cage unit 130 for each level, and may measure the height of the sea level.

The controller 160 receives water level data from the plurality of water level sensors 270. And, the control unit 160 controls the pumping member to fill or discharge seawater to a height corresponding to the water level data in the first aquaculture area 130A or the second aquaculture area 130B based on the water level data. can do.

In more detail, the plurality of water level sensors 270 described above may be installed on the sea floor at predetermined intervals. As shown in the drawing, five water level sensors 270 are installed at regular intervals, and the water level sensors 270 may be connected to each other. In addition, any one water level sensor 270 may be connected to the control unit 160.

At this time, the tide may proceed at sea. Then, the control unit 160 is in a state of trying to move the seawater of the second farming zone 130B to the first farming zone 130A. Although not shown in the drawing, as the tide progresses, one water level sensor 270 located at the bottom may detect seawater. A case in which all five water level sensors 270 detect seawater is set to 100%. Since one water level sensor 270 has detected seawater, the controller 160 calculates that the seawater is filled with 20% around the cage unit 130, and fills the first aquaculture area 130A with seawater by 20%.

Thereafter, as the tide continues to progress, when three of the five water level sensors 270 are submerged in seawater, and the two level sensors 270 are exposed to the atmosphere, the controller 160 is the first Fill the farming area 130A with 60% seawater. In this way, the controller 160 may synchronize the actual tide state and the water level state of the first farming area 130A based on the water level data received from the plurality of water level sensors 270. Therefore, the octopus cultivation apparatus 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention can help the growth of octopus by creating a more nature-friendly ecosystem by reflecting the actual tides.

On the other hand, among the octopus inhabiting the first aquaculture zone 130A where the tide proceeds, an individual who prefers an ecological environment opposite to the ecological environment of the first farming zone 130A can be allowed to grow in the second farming zone 130B. have. To this end, there may be one or more entrances (not shown) that enable the movement of the octopus at a portion located in the active part of the partition member. Octopus can freely inhabit in the first farming area 130A or the second farming area 130B through the entrance.

As described above, the octopus farming apparatus 100 and 200 according to the present invention includes a first hiding unit 110 and a second hiding unit 120. Octopuses can survive by hiding in various spaces of the first hiding unit 110 and the second hiding unit 120. Therefore, the octopus farming apparatus 100 and 200 according to the present invention can significantly improve the survival rate of octopus compared to the conventional octopus farming method.

In addition, the octopus farming apparatus 100 and 200 according to the present invention may allow tourists to experience the octopus farming process.

Although various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the drawings referenced so far and the detailed description of the described invention are merely illustrative of the present invention, which are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention, and are limited in meaning or claims. It is not used to limit the scope of the invention described in the range. Therefore, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

100, 200: octopus farming apparatus 110, 110A, 110B: first hiding unit
111: hidden member 112: case member
120, 120A, 120B: second concealment unit 130: cage unit
130A: Form 1 Zone 130B: Form 2 Zone
131, 131A, 131B: Housing Department 132, 132A, 132B: Active Department
133: base portion 134: tidal flat portion
140: partition member 150: pumping member
160: control unit 270: water level sensor

Claims (6)

A cage unit including a housing portion in which the octopus resides and filled with seawater, and an active portion positioned at a height higher than the housing portion, the tidal flat is applied, and an active portion in which the octopus is active;
A plurality of concealing members positioned on the housing part of the cage unit and allowing octopus to be independently concealed, and formed in a column shape with one side open and installed to be stacked, and a case member surrounding the plurality of concealing members A first concealment unit comprising a;
A partition member installed so as to traverse the inside of the cage unit and separating the inside of the cage unit into a first culture zone and a second culture zone;
A pumping member installed at a boundary portion between the first aquaculture zone and the second aquaculture zone and moving seawater between the first farming zone and the second farming zone; And
A control unit electrically connected to the pumping member and controlling the pumping member so that the pumping member can be operated according to time; and
The first concealment unit is plural, some of the first concealment units are arranged in a block shape, and the rest are arranged in a closed curve shape around the block-shaped first concealment unit,
There are a plurality of second concealment units, some of the second concealment units are installed adjacent to the block-shaped first concealing unit, and the rest of the second concealed unit are installed adjacent to the first concealed unit of a closed curve shape. Aquaculture device. The method of claim 1,
The control unit,
Octopus farming apparatus for controlling the pumping member to maintain a state filled with seawater for a predetermined time in each of the first and second farming zones at night time. The method of claim 1,
Octopus farming apparatus including; a second concealment unit located on the housing of the cage unit and including a plurality of crushed stones. The method of claim 3,
The second concealment unit is an octopus farming apparatus in which second crushed stones having a relatively smaller size than the first crushed stone are stacked in a state in which the first crushed stones are stacked. delete The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a plurality of water level sensors installed for each water level in seawater adjacent to the cage unit and measuring the height of the sea level,
The control unit receives water level data from the plurality of water level sensors, and based on the water level data, the pumping member fills or discharges seawater at a height corresponding to the water level data in the first or second farming area. Octopus farming device to control.

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