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  2. Glass float - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese glass fishing float. Glass floats were once used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines, afloat.. Large groups of fishnets strung together, sometimes 50 miles (80 km) long, were set adrift in the ocean and supported near the surface by hollow glass balls or cylinders containing air to give them buoyancy.

  3. Fish aggregating device - Wikipedia

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    Fish aggregating device. A fish aggregating (or aggregation) device ( FAD) is a man-made object used to attract pelagic fish such as marlin, tuna and mahi-mahi (dolphin fish). They usually consist of buoys or floats tethered to the ocean floor. Various types of FADs have been employed in the traditional fishing cultures of Island Southeast Asia ...

  4. Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System - Wikipedia

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    The Patapsco River Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System smart buoy. Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System ( CBIBS) is a network of observational buoys that are deployed throughout the Chesapeake Bay to observe the estuary's changing conditions and to serve as way points along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

  5. Facing accuracy challenges, NOAA looks to improve its ... - AOL

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    May 17, 2024 at 8:23 AM. NOAA Fisheries is holding an online workshop to “re-envision” the nation’s state, regional and federal recreational fisheries data collection program and partnership ...

  6. Fishing report, Oct. 18-24: Delta stripers and bass, Pine ...

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    Our reports cover the coast to the High Sierra, and Lake Isabella to New Melones. Fishing report, Oct. 18-24: Delta stripers and bass, Pine Flat catfish and Eastman bass are biting. Skip to main ...

  7. USCGC Blackthorn - Wikipedia

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    On 21 May 1943 the keel was laid, she was launched on 20 July 1943 and commissioned on 27 March 1944. The original cost for the hull and machinery was $876,403. Blackthorn was one of 39 original 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tenders built between 1942 and 1944. All but one of the original tenders, USCGC Ironwood (WLB-297), were built in Duluth.

  8. Smith: Wisconsin anglers buoy US Street Fishing team to 8th ...

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    With a coach and three anglers from Wisconsin, the U.S. Street Fishing team finished 8th out of 12 nations at the 2023 world championship in Italy. Smith: Wisconsin anglers buoy US Street Fishing ...

  9. Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis - Wikipedia

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    Buoy 34142 is located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean 630 nautical miles (1170 km) southwest of Lima. Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) is a component of an enhanced tsunami warning system . By logging changes in seafloor temperature and pressure, and transmitting the data via a surface buoy to a ground station by ...