Sustainable macroalgae production at large scale
Abstract
Pelagic, surface floating, macroalga, Sargassum is harvested at large scale from a free-roaming farm floating freely on the ocean surface, monitored and tracked with GPS drifters and contained only by naturally occurring circular currents known as eddies or gyres, without aquaculture equipment. The farming technique occurs in open ocean through the utilization of system design and technology. Satellite imagery is interpreted to locate naturally occurring Sargassum aggregations or mats. Harvest vessel(s) travel to an identified mat, where only a portion of the natural mat is harvested as starter culture for a free-roaming farm. Cuttings are left behind to become new plants to restore the “mother mat” for no net loss of habitat and for migration for cohabitating organisms. The remainder of the biomass is transported to the identified free-roaming farm site which is in a suitable Eddie. GPS drifters are adhered with seedlings until the crop is ready for harvest.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- US Dept. of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1893020
- Patent Number(s):
- 11357183
- Application Number:
- 16/248,587
- Assignee:
- Myers, Alyson, Washington, DC (United States)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A01 - AGRICULTURE A01G - HORTICULTURE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000927
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 01/15/2019
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Myers, Alyson, DiMarco, Steve, and Moscicki, Zachary. Sustainable macroalgae production at large scale. United States: N. p., 2022.
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Myers, Alyson, DiMarco, Steve, & Moscicki, Zachary. Sustainable macroalgae production at large scale. United States.
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"Sustainable macroalgae production at large scale". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1893020.
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abstractNote = {Pelagic, surface floating, macroalga, Sargassum is harvested at large scale from a free-roaming farm floating freely on the ocean surface, monitored and tracked with GPS drifters and contained only by naturally occurring circular currents known as eddies or gyres, without aquaculture equipment. The farming technique occurs in open ocean through the utilization of system design and technology. Satellite imagery is interpreted to locate naturally occurring Sargassum aggregations or mats. Harvest vessel(s) travel to an identified mat, where only a portion of the natural mat is harvested as starter culture for a free-roaming farm. Cuttings are left behind to become new plants to restore the “mother mat” for no net loss of habitat and for migration for cohabitating organisms. The remainder of the biomass is transported to the identified free-roaming farm site which is in a suitable Eddie. GPS drifters are adhered with seedlings until the crop is ready for harvest.},
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