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  2. Buoy - Wikipedia

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    Ice marking buoys mark holes in frozen lakes and rivers so snowmobiles do not drive over the holes. Large Navigational Buoys (LNB, or Lanby buoys) are automatic buoys over 10 meters high equipped with a powerful light monitored electronically as a replacement for a lightvessel. [11] They may be marked on charts as a "Superbuoy." [12] Lateral ...

  3. Fish aggregating device - Wikipedia

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    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 (especially in the Philippines), Japan, and Malta for centuries. Modern FADs are increasingly being used in modern commercial and sport fishing.

  4. How to make effective duck hunting decoys for under $10 - AOL

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    Carve a basswood head or find plastic replacement heads online. b>Bonus: Commercial fishermen may give or sell you old buoys for less than you'll pay for one online. The recycled decoy Cost: $7 or ...

  5. Fishing float - Wikipedia

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    Fishing rod float. Lake Baikal. Eastern Siberia. It is impossible to say with any degree of accuracy who first used a float for indicating that a fish had taken the bait, but it can be said with some certainty that people used pieces of twig, bird feather quills or rolled leaves as bite indicators, many years before any documented evidence.

  6. Surface marker buoy - Wikipedia

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    A delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB), decompression buoy, or deco buoy is an inflatable buoy which can be deployed while the diver is submerged and generally only towards the end of the dive. The buoy marks the diver's position underwater so the dive boat crew can locate the diver even though the diver may have drifted some distance from the ...

  7. Texas’ floating barrier in the Rio Grande can stay for now ...

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    Buoys float on the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas on July 20, 2023. The legal battle between the Biden administration and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over the devices was ordered to return to ...

  8. How do boaters avoid hazards? What to know about markers ...

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    Just like traffic lights and signs help drivers on the road, boaters have buoys and signs to guide them to and from shore safely.

  9. Mooring (oceanography) - Wikipedia

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    The influence of currents (and wind if the top buoy is above the sea surface) can be modeled and the shape of the mooring line can be determined by software. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] If the currents are strong (above 0.1 m/s ) and the mooring lines are long (more than 1 km ), the instrument position may vary up to 50 m .