Patent ID: 6481377
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A packaging for transporting out of water living fish of the order pleuronectidae, which comprises: at least one upwardly opening box having a bottom provided with an active surface for the flat reception of the fish to be packaged; said active support surface for the fish being constituted by closed surfaces and ventilated openings; said closed surfaces being constituted by the tops of lugs which project in an upward direction from the surface forming the bottom of the box; said openings corresponding to spaces left between said lugs; the ratio of closed surfaces to open surfaces of said active support surface ranging between 0.11-9 to permit effective cutaneous respiration of the supported surface of the fish; said packaging further comprising an overpackaging of the box or boxes present in the form of a flexible envelope enclosing a plurality of boxes stacked in the form of at least one pile; said envelope being closable in a sealed manner to maintain within said envelope a controlled atmosphere strongly loaded with oxygen.