Patent ID: 7487614

Claim:
A recovery device in combination with and for locating and recovering a gill net lost at sea, comprising in combination: a gill net having a netting mesh, an upper float line, and a lower weighted lead line along upper and lower edges, respectively, of said mesh; floats attached to said upper float line, and weights attached to said lower weighted lead line whereby said gill net floats below a surface of said sea; floating buoys attached to said gill net to mark location of said gill net under said sea surface; means for tracking the location of said gill net in the event that said gill net breaks away from said buoys and floats away undetected below the surface of said sea comprising a radio transmitter within an enclosed container body attached to said upper float line; a timer within said container body to initiate radio transmission by said radio transmitter after a normal retrieval time for said gill net has elapsed indicating that said gill net is floating undetected under said sea and allowing tracking of said gill net.