Patent ID: 8651058

Claim:
A method, relating to organic production of aquatic livestock, comprising the steps of: a) establishing a production site for organic farming of such aquatic livestock; b) providing, within such production site, at least one enclosure structured and arranged to physically isolate at least one controlled aquatic environment from a surrounding environment; c) establishing, within such at least one enclosure, such at least one controlled aquatic environment for organic farming of such aquatic livestock; d) introducing, within such at least one controlled aquatic environment, at least one production population comprising such aquatic livestock; e) managing such at least one controlled aquatic environment in a manner consistent with the growth of such at least one production population and organic production practices; f) harvesting such at least one production population at the conclusion of a growth period; g) providing, within such production site, at least one onsite processor to process, for off-site distribution, the at least one production population harvested from such at least one controlled aquatic environment; h) providing, to at least one organic certification entity, uninterrupted access to such production site during such organic production; i) establishing a plurality of controlled aquatic environments for the organic farming of such aquatic livestock; j) establishing, within such plurality of controlled aquatic environments, at least one hatchery structured and arranged to produce at least one fry population of such aquatic livestock; and k) producing, from the at least one fry population, at least one substantially monosex production population consisting substantially of males.