US Patent Issued to SCALLOP BAY SHELLFISH on Sept. 16 for "System and method for modular aquaculture" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,549, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SCALLOP BAY SHELLFISH COMPANY LLC (Pocasset, Mass.).

"System and method for modular aquaculture" was invented by Daniel P. Ward (North Falmouth, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular aquaculture system, and method of using same, deployable in a body of water having a water column, the system including at least one carrier unit defining at least one chamber in which a plurality of containers can be placed. Each container is capable of holding a plurality of organisms to be cultured, and the chamber has at least one chamber inlet for water intake and at least one chamber outlet. The sy...