Containment Pens for Finfish Aquaculture
OwnerStephen H. Pageinventor
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Abstract
A containment pen for finfish aquaculture, comprising a supporting structure, a net attached to the supporting structure and defining a containment volume for containing finfish, wherein the net comprises a plurality of removable net panels, wherein each of the removable net panels comprises a discrete piece of flexible netting attached along its perimeter to one or more substantially rigid members, and wherein the removable net panels are configured to be removable from the containment pen with the piece of flexible netting remaining attached to the substantially rigid members.
Claims11
A containment pen for finfish aquaculture, comprising
- a supporting structure,
- a net attached to the supporting structure and defining a containment volume for containing finfish,
- wherein the supporting structure and net are configured to form an enclosure of sufficient size to serve as a containment pen for swimming,
- wherein the net comprises a multiplicity of removable net panels,
- wherein each of the removable net panels comprises a discrete piece of flexible netting attached along its perimeter to one or more substantially rigid beams, and
- wherein the removable net panels are configured to be removable from the containment pen with the piece of flexible netting remaining attached to the one or more substantially rigid beams,
- wherein the multiplicity of net panels provide the supporting structure for a majority of the containment pen,
- wherein adjoining net panels are attached by attaching together adjoining beams, and
- wherein the panels are shaped so that a beam of one panel extends generally parallel to and adjacent a beam of an adjoining panels.
The containment pen of claim wherein the panels comprise one or more triangular panels making up the geodesic structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.