Patent ID: 7404377

Claim:
A method for rearing, cultivating and stocking crustacea comprising: drawing in sea water from a body of water from a depth of 350-700 meters below a surface of the sea water, the sea water at the depth of 350-700 meters having a number of bacteria of approximately 1/100 of a number of bacteria at the surface of the sea water, the sea water at a depth of 350-700 meters having a concentration of inorganic nutrient salts of between 3 and 70 times the concentration of inorganic nutrient salts at ths surface of the sea water, the drawn-in sea water having a temperature of approximately 5 to 10° C.; circulating the drawn-in sea water through a container such that the drawn-in sea water is maintained at a temperature of less than 20° C.; obtaining the crustacea from the body of water in which the crustacea live at a depth of beyond 100 meters; and submerging the obtained crustacea in the drawn-in sea water in said container.