US Patent Issued to CALEDONIA NETS on May 20 for "Seine net position measurement system and method of determining seine net position" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,876, issued on May 20, was assigned to CALEDONIA NETS LLC (Vashon, Wash.).

"Seine net position measurement system and method of determining seine net position" was invented by David O'Neill (Vashon, Wash.), Carles Castro Muniain (Valencia, Spain), John Wescott Carroll (Peaks Island, Maine) and Cooper Van Vranken (Portland, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seine net position measurement system utilizes a plurality of sensor modules coupled to the seine net to determine the seine net position by recovering seine net position data, such as depth data, upon retraction of the seine net to the boat. The sensor modules may be configur...