Patent ID: 6112699
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A method of harvesting zooplankton comprising towing a trawl net behind a vessel in coastal waters through a location of zooplankton and above the bottom of said coastal waters, said net being flexible and having an open forward end and a rearward cod end to gather said zooplankton, a first member to maintain said open end of said net at a predetermined depth below the surface of said coastal waters where said zooplankton are located, a cage in said cod end of said net to maintain said cod end of said net in an open condition, said case having an inlet for ingesting said zooplankton gathered by said net at the most rearwardly positioned location of said cage such that said zooplankton flow smoothly rearwardly through said net and cage and into said inlet and a pump operably connected to said cod end of said flexible net to continuously remove said zooplankton from said cod end of said flexible net to a shipboard location.