US Patent Issued to Republic of Korea (National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) on May 6 for "Recirculating aquaculture system using biofloc fermenter and aquaponics" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,054, issued on May 6, was assigned to Republic of Korea (National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) (Busan, South Korea).

"Recirculating aquaculture system using biofloc fermenter and aquaponics" was invented by Jeongho Lee (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea), Yeongsik Lee (Changwon-si, South Korea), Jun-young Song (Busan, South Korea), Hyeongsu Kim (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea), Nana Kim (Jeollonam-do, South Korea) and Jihwan Moon (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recirculating aquaculture system using a biofloc fermenter and aquaponics may include a breeding water tank that breeds farmed fish...