WO1995014374A2 - Systeme de mariculture sur plate-forme de support - Google Patents

Systeme de mariculture sur plate-forme de support Download PDF

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WO1995014374A2
WO1995014374A2 PCT/US1994/005703 US9405703W WO9514374A2 WO 1995014374 A2 WO1995014374 A2 WO 1995014374A2 US 9405703 W US9405703 W US 9405703W WO 9514374 A2 WO9514374 A2 WO 9514374A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K61/00—Culture of aquatic animals
    • A01K61/60—Floating cultivation devices, e.g. rafts or floating fish-farms
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
    • Y02A40/80—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in fisheries management
    • Y02A40/81—Aquaculture, e.g. of fish

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  • the present invention relates to mariculture systems, and more particularly to an ocean farming system suitable for raising a variety of marine species, including, for example, Redfish and other finfish, shellfish or the like.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention teaches a structure wherein there is provided a central platform/support structure from which uniformly emanates a plurality of elongated, generally cylindrically configured, ballastable cage structures for containing and maintaining the farmed species.
  • Patent 4,936,253 issued 1990 for a "Marine Fish Farm” teaches a mariculture system wherein there is included a maintenance and personnel platform in communication with at least one ballastable, rigid barrel-type cultivation cages.
  • patent 3,495,562 teaches an underwater habitat wherein there is provided a ballastable system which may be of some general pertinence to your structure.
  • the present invention contemplates a unique system for mariculture which incorporates an offshore tower (which may or may not be ballastable) and an array of surrounding elongated fish cages.
  • the system is designed to provide the facilities to initiate and grow saltwater finfish or shellfish within their natural environment.
  • the system is designed to be friendly to the environment, and to withstand the 100 year tropical storm. It is to be self sufficient in that it can operate for a period of time without shoreside support.
  • the cage of the present invention is contemplated as being generally cylindrical in configuration, and is built to roll over in a controlled manner as required.
  • Ballast tanks, or multi- compartmented ballast pontoons at each end of the tanks may have a circular, octagonal, or even square cross sectional configurations, with one or more ballast tanks provided in each pontoon to control the depth and position of the fish cage.
  • the fish cages should be turned at regular intervals to place different sides of the cage into the atmosphere. This is intended to allow the attached plant and animal growth and entangled debris and the like to be removed on an almost daily basis.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention teaches that the fish cage in the preferred embodiment of the present invention may be turned through the use of a tower crane, lifting on a padeye on the pontoon, thereby rolling the cage. Since the fish cage will be connected to the tower with service lines as well as a mooring system, it is intended that the cage be designed to roll 180 degrees in each direction of the center position.
  • Figure 2 is a frontal view of the invention of Figure 1, illustrating the central support platform resting on the seabed.
  • the open water mariculture system of the preferred, exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a central support platform 1 configured to rest upon a water bottom, the platform having thereon an elevated, upper level whereon there is provided telescoping cranes 2a, 2b, and 2c, said cranes having telescoping booms 3, the placement and operation of which will be detailed further in the application.
  • a positioning of the cages can be varied in preparation for a tropical storm or the like, anticipating the path of the storm, and aligning the first and second cage arrays in longitudinal alignment with the anticipated current flow, lowered and anchored to the bottom. It is also noted that in extreme conditions, the cages may be lashed end to end and longitudinally aligned with the current flow and lowered and anchored to the bottom, providing minimum interference with said flow and thereby avoiding damage to the system.
  • the working deck is situated so as to allow easy access, maintenance, and control of the cages 5, 6, and may also include smaller, inner platform suspended cages, which may be used for holding and grading fish, for transferring and inspection of fish between cages, or to grow fingerlings.
  • the suspended cages may be maneuvered up or down by an electric wench, which would be attached to a moving overhead crane attached to a round rail/track connected to the underside of the top level floor.
  • a geodesic dome 23 structure Situated on the upper level deck is a geodesic dome 23 structure, which is contemplated as being water tight and formed of a strong material such as metal or the like.
  • the dome would have around, for example, 5000 feet of usable space, and three floors, with an observation room on top.
  • the first floor could house a mechanical system/physical plant, and a research laboratory for the research staff.
  • the second floor would house living quarters for the crew, a galley, and guest quarters.
  • the third floor would support an instructional facility, and the top floor would support an observational facility, which would provide the nerve center of the operation.
  • ballast/floatation tanks allows the operators of the system to selectively float the cages on the surface for cleaning, provide a slight buoyancy and be tethered in mid water (or slightly negative buoyancy and be cable supported in mid water), or provide a negative buoyancy to sink the cages to the sea floor, in order to protect them in heavy weather.
  • the cages are, for example, about forty feet in diameter, and the water is about fifty feet in depth, so sinking the cages to the sea bottom would only entail there upper level's being about ten feet below the surface.
  • the cages would be even deeper, and deeper water could also therefore support larger diameter cages.
  • a relief valve blows the water out of the tanks, creating positive buoyancy; a loosening of the anchor lines 26 (or tightening of support lines 27), and the cages rise about halfway above the water surface. From the working level platform, the worker can easily climb upon the service pipe 33, which runs the length of the longitudinal axis of the cage, having a walkway thereon, and is just above the water level when the cage is in the floating position.
  • the service pipe may be sealed so as to form a flotation cell for the barrel cage in which it is disposed, assisting in lifting the service pipe and walkway out of the water. Access the walkway is important, as it allows the worker to monitor the fish crop and perform maintenance and other operations inside the cages.
  • the harvest net can be of any fluid permeable material which quickly allows the passage of water therethrough, and a slippery material such a vinyl or the like attached to the net near the pipe could further enhance recovery, as an additional rotation of about 15-20 degrees would slide the fish toward the vinyl liner near the service pipe like a slew, where the collected species could be collected via conveyor, or, as is proposed in the exemplary embodiment, suction apparatus, such as the INNOVAC system, which could be operated by the personnel from the walkway, and from which suction hoses could be plugged in to vacuum ports 40.
  • suction apparatus such as the INNOVAC system, which could be operated by the personnel from the walkway, and from which suction hoses could be plugged in to vacuum ports 40.

Abstract

L'invention concerne une installation de mariculture dans une zone d'eau libre, composée d'une plate-forme centrale/structure de support (1) de laquelle émane de manière régulière, une pluralité de structures (5a)-(5c)(6a)-(6c) en forme de cages, de forme allongée, généralement cylindriques, qui peuvent être ballastées et sont destinées à contenir et alimenter des espèces marines. Selon le présent système, on peut soulever ces cages (5a)-(5c)(6a)-(6c) qui peuvent être ballastées pour des opérations de maintenance. Dans une de ces opérations, les cages (5a)-(5c)(6a)-(6c) sont partiellement exposées hors de l'eau pour l'entretien de leurs parois; il est en outre prévu un système de rotation (2b)(28)(29) permettant de faire tourner les cages (5a)-(5c)(6a)-(6c) à la demande, pour l'entretien hors de l'eau de toutes les parties de la paroi de la cage, sans qu'il soit pour cela nécessaire de soulever entièrement les cages (5a)-(5c)(6a)-(6c) hors de l'eau. Dans une variante de la présente invention, on convertit les plates-formes pétrolières abandonnées afin de les utiliser comme plate-forme centrale/structure de support, celles-ci constituant une structure de support central pour un réseau de cages.
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