Patent ID: 9392774
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A01K,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A method of cultivating aquatic life forms in an aquaculture containment pen, the aquaculture containment pen being secured by four mooring lines such that each mooring line is coupled to the aquaculture containment pen at a polar location and each mooring line is disposed substantially opposite to another mooring line, the aquaculture containment pen including a plurality of panels configured to form a substantially spherical containment volume suitable for cultivating aquatic life forms, each panel of the plurality of panels including at least three substantially rigid beams and a discrete piece of netting attached along its perimeter to the at least three substantially rigid beams, the method comprising: disposing the aquaculture containment pen in an offshore location suitable for cultivating aquatic life forms; disposing a plurality of fish in the containment volume; submerging the aquaculture containment pen; raising the aquaculture containment pen to the surface after a period of time; rotating the aquaculture containment pen to bring at least a portion of the plurality of panels to the surface to allow at least one of cleaning, repairing, removing, and replacing of one or more of the plurality of panels, wherein the aquaculture containment pen is rotated by uncoupling any two opposing mooring lines and rotating the aquaculture containment pen about an axis formed by the remaining two mooring lines; accessing the containment volume; and harvesting at least a portion of the plurality of fish.