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Artwork. Trotline. Sketch of a typical trotline being fished. Shows theanchored and buoyed line, with baits in place, passing over roller on the sideof the boat. The fisherman dip nets the crabs as they are brought to thesurface. (From Cargo.) (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)