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2. Glass float - Wikipedia

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   A Japanese glass fishing float. Glass floats were 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. Buoy - Wikipedia

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   Tsunami buoys are anchored buoys that can detect sudden changes in undersea water pressure, and are a component of tsunami warning systems in the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and Indian Oceans. Wave buoys measure the movement of the water surface as a wave train.

4. Fish aggregating device - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Cardinal mark - Wikipedia

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   A cardinal mark is a sea mark (a buoy or other floating or fixed structure) commonly used in maritime pilotage to indicate the position of a hazard and the direction of safe water. Cardinal marks indicate the direction of safety as a cardinal ( compass ) direction ( north , east , south or west ) relative to the mark.

6. Mooring (oceanography) - Wikipedia

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   Mooring as deployed in Fram Strait with top buoy, a CTD-sensor, two rotor current meters, acoustic release and train wheels as anchor. A mooring in oceanography is a collection of devices connected to a wire and anchored on the sea floor. It is the Eulerian way of measuring ocean currents, since a mooring is stationary at a fixed location.

7. The Buoys (American band) - Wikipedia

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   After The Buoys broke up, Bill Kelly and Jerry Hludzik teamed up as The Jerry-Kelly Band. In 1980, they formed a band called Dakota. Dakota joined a sold-out tour as the opening act for Queen. The tour included Baton Rouge, Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia, Houston and Atlanta. Danny Seraphine of Chicago produced several albums for Dakota ...