Whales and other animals can get entangled in long ropes connecting lobster traps to surface floats, often with serious, and at times fatal, consequences. The “on-call” buoy eliminates dangerous vertical lines by coiling them around a buoyant spool attached to an anchor. (Illustration by Eric S. Taylor, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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