US 12,171,206 B2
Harvesting system and method for bottom-dwelling marine organisms
Øystein Tvedt, Ålesund (NO); Bernt Rogne, Ålesund (NO); Bjørn Roppen, Ulsteinvik (NO); Sverre Olav Farstad, Ålesund (NO); Jan Rogne, Ålesund (NO); and Karl Fredrik Sandvik, Hareid (NO)
Assigned to Tau Tech AS, Ålesund (NO)
Filed by Tau Tech AS, Ålesund (NO)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,789.
Application 18/151,789 is a continuation of application No. 16/756,344, granted, now 11,547,103, previously published as PCT/NO2018/050255, filed on Oct. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157265 A1, May 25, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01K 80/00 (2006.01); E02F 3/92 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 80/00 (2013.01) [E02F 3/92 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A harvesting system for bottom-dwelling marine organisms comprising a harvesting unit the following features:
one or more pumps comprising:
one or more suction nozzles directed towards the seabed,
one or more inlets that lead from the suction nozzle to the pump,
an outlet to a sorting device;
one or more motors or driving the one or more pumps,
where the sorting device, which at least separates bottom-dwelling marine organisms from bycatch and foreign bodies, has an outlet for bottom-dwelling marine organisms leading to a collecting unit; and
a towing and launching system for deployment and propulsion of the harvesting unit.