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Lobster pot floats hanging on wall of house. In New England, nearlyevery port has a group of lobstermen each of whom has his own distinctivecolorful floats. Pots belonging to each fisherman can easily be located whenthey are in the water. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 168 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume)