Patent ID: 6863028

Claim:
A system of tidal irrigation to create a sustainable aquaculture and generate biomass, the system comprising: an artificially created atoll created on the continental shelf, the atoll having a continuous outer wall extending above sea level to form an inner lagoon isolated from the surrounding ocean, the outer wall being generally devoid of fissures such that ocean water is prevented from entering the inner lagoon through the outer wall, the lagoon including a supply of lagoon water stocked with a supply of biolife; a water inflow pipe extending between the inner lagoon and the ocean, wherein the inflow pipe includes an inlet end extending a selected distance below sea level to access nutrient-rich, cold seawater, the water inflow pipe including an inlet valve to prevent the lagoon water from flowing from the lagoon into the ocean through the inflow pipe, wherein a rise in the tidal flux draws the nutrient-rich, cold seawater into the lagoon through the water inflow pipe; a water outflow pipe extending between the inner lagoon and the ocean, wherein the water outflow pipe includes an outlet valve to prevent ocean water from flowing into the inner lagoon from the ocean through the outflow pipe, wherein a fall in the tidal flux draws the lagoon water from the lagoon out into the ocean through the outflow pipe; and a biofilter positioned in the outflow pipe to remove the biolife from the lagoon water as the lagoon water is drawn from the inner lagoon by the falling tidal flux.