Fish pen for open sea aquaculture

US11985959B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Innovasea Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark Penner · Milton Village, US
• David P. Kelly · Scituate, US
• Peter Nicholas Woskov · Everett, US
• Harrison P. Zimmer · Bainbridge Island, US
• Jeffrey D. Reifsnyder · Fond du Lac, US
• Rafael Cordero · Bedford, US
• Wyatt Grass · Fort Bragg, US
• James P. Fitzgerald · Murrieta, US
• Todd S. Vangsness · Stow, US
• Matthew Darres · Northport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2020
• Grant date: May 21, 2024
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/81
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aquaculture pen includes an annular floatation assembly formed from a plurality of float platforms connected end to end. A weight ring is suspended from the floatation assembly by a first plurality of tension members at a central portion of the float platforms. A net support ring is suspended from the floatation assembly by a second plurality of tension members that are attached to the floatation assembly, for example, outboard of the first plurality of tension members. A mesh enclosure for the pen includes a main portion attached to the net support ring, a jump net portion that extends from the net support ring to engage the inboard side of the floatation assembly, and a top portion that closes an upper end of the mesh enclosure.