Patent ID: 8020516

Claim:
A device for the sea-based culture of sea urchins and abalones, comprising two lateral elements, four braces, a plurality of plates, a horizontal tray, and an elongated mesh, where the two lateral elements are parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction, where each one of their ends has a groove and a hole for the installation of the four braces, two above and two below, where the braces join the lateral elements, leaving a separation between them, where the braces have a center area and two arms on their ends where there are two top braces and two bottom braces, where a top brace mates with a bottom brace, where the center area of each brace has on its interior surface a plurality of parallel and equidistant guides, where the guides mate with the plurality of plates where the plurality of plates are vertically inserted into the guides, whereby spaces between the plates permit housing sea urchins or abalones on both faces of each plate, where each plate has a flange at its top and two holes at its base, where each plate comprises two pins, where a pin is inserted through the holes in the base of each plate to attach the plates to the bottom braces; where the horizontal tray is secured to the lateral elements, where the horizontal tray comprises two side walls, where both the plurality of plates and the tray are enclosed in the elongated mesh, where the elongated mesh has a width equal to the separation of the lateral elements, where the ends of the mesh are joined to the ends of the side walls of the tray.