Sea pen arrangement
AssigneeViewpoint Corporation
InventorsKåre Olav Krogenes, Kjartan Gilje
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Abstract
A sea-pen arrangement is for farming fish. The sea-pen arrangement has a service unit with a plurality of shafts projecting downwards and a pontoon at their lower portions. The shafts define an inner area. A net forms a closed enclosure. The sea-pen arrangement further includes at least one sea pen positioned in an outer area on the outside of two shafts. A frame structure has an upper frame with a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion, a bottom frame, and a fence fastened to the upper frame and the bottom frame. The frame structure is fastened to the service unit at the fastening portions, and the frame structure surrounds the at least one sea pen in the outer area.
Claims11
A sea-pen arrangement for farming fish, the sea-pen arrangement comprising:
- a service unit with a plurality of shafts projecting downwards and provided with a pontoon at their lower portions, the shafts defining an inner area;
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- a net forming a closed enclosure,
- the sea-pen arrangement further comprising:
- at least one sea pen positioned in an outer area on the outside of two shafts;
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- a frame structure comprising an upper frame with a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion, a bottom frame and a fence fastened to the upper frame and the bottom frame, the frame structure being fastened to the service unit at the fastening portions, and the frame structure surrounding the at least one sea pen in the outer area.
A method of assembling a semi-submersible rig and a sea-pen arrangement, the method comprising:
- positioning at least one sea pen in an outer area on an outside of downward-projecting shafts of the rig,
- providing a frame structure comprising an upper frame with a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion, a bottom frame, and a fence fastened to the upper frame and lower frame, and
- fastening the first fastening portion and second fastening portion to the downward projecting shafts of the rig such that the frame structure surrounds the at least one sea pen in the outer area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.