公开(公告)号：US11617358B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US16755594

申请日：2018-10-10

Applicant: Atlantic Lionshare Limited

Inventor： Darius Alan Martin ,  Elizabeth Childs Martin ,  Matthew Charles John Cook ,  Geoffrey Alan Cook

IPC: A01K81/04 ,  A01K79/00 ,  A01K79/02 ,  A01K81/06 ,  B63B35/24 ,  B63G8/00

Abstract: A submersible (10) and method of using a submersible for capturing a target species comprising: at least one controllable thruster (14) for manoeuvring the submersible; at least one camera (12) for capturing images to allow the identification of an individual of a target species; a catapult mechanism (33) wherein the catapult mechanism is reversibly moveable between a released configuration and a primed configuration by an activatable motor, and wherein the catapult mechanism may be loaded with a retractable device mounted on the catapult mechanism, and the retractable device may be launched from the submersible by being propelled by the catapult mechanism; a container for receiving a captured individual.