Patent ID: 8336498
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A01K,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of shrimp aquaculture comprising: stocking a first raceway of a set of raceways, the first raceway having a first average depth with postlarval shrimp; growing the shrimp to a first predetermined size to give a first phase of shrimp; transferring the first phase of shrimp to at least one additional raceway in the set of raceways, each additional raceway having at least one additional average depth, wherein each sequential average depth is greater than the prior average depth; and growing the shrimp to a final predetermined size to give a final crop of shrimp; and harvesting the final crop of shrimp, wherein each raceway has a length and width, two side walls and a sloped bottom with a bottom nadir or a bottom apex, the sloped bottom joining each side wall at two side wall junctions, slope from the bottom nadir to the side wall junctions or from the side wall junctions to the bottom apex from between 0.05% and 20%.