ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,890, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to COASTAL WATERS BIOTECHNOLOGY 2 INC. (Atlanta).

"Urchin culling mechanism and attractant method" was invented by Dennis Dwyane Yancey Jr. (Atlanta) and Arthur McClung III (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system for attracting and monitoring marine life by capturing images on and around the seafloor surrounding a device of the system. The system can quantitatively measure the effectiveness of attracting and culling marine life such as but not limited to sea urchins. The attracting and the culling features can be used independently."

The pa...