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  2. Adventure Game Interpreter - Wikipedia

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    The Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI) is a game engine developed by Sierra On-Line. The company originally developed the engine for King's Quest (1984), an adventure game that Sierra and IBM wished to market in order to attract consumers to IBM's lower-cost home computer , the IBM PCjr .

  3. Angling - Wikipedia

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    Fishing reels are manually cranked reels typically mounted onto a fishing rod, used to wind and stow fishing line [3] when a long casting distance or a prolonged retrieval is expected. Traditional fishing reels are essentially compact windlasses with a " direct-drive " design, while modern reels since the Industrial Revolution typically are ...

  4. Drift netting - Wikipedia

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    Drift netting. Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, hang vertically in the water column without being anchored to the bottom. The nets are kept vertical in the water by floats attached to a rope along the top of the net and weights attached to another rope along the bottom of the net. [1]

  5. Fishing video game - Wikipedia

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    A fishing video game is a genre of video games in which the player conducts virtual recreational fishing, usually in the form of angling and/or fishing tournaments. [ 1 ] Considered a subset of sports video games , and although not as prolific as other genres, fishing video games have historically been popular [ 2 ] and have been released in ...

  6. Asterisk Gateway Interface - Wikipedia

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    Asterisk Gateway Interface (AGI) is a software interface and communications protocol for application level control of selected features of the Asterisk PBX. AGI allows an external, user-written program, launched from the Asterisk dial plan via pipes to control telephony operations on its associated control and voice channels.

  7. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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    The effective use of fishing techniques often depends on this additional knowledge. [1] Which techniques are appropriate is dictated mainly by the target species and by its habitat. [2] Fishing techniques can be contrasted with fishing tackle. Fishing tackle refers to the physical equipment that is used when fishing, whereas fishing techniques ...

  8. Glossary of fishery terms - Wikipedia

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    Fishing fleet – an aggregation of fishing vessels of a particular country, such as the Russian fishing fleet, or using a particular gear, such as purse seine fleet. Flushing time – the time required to replace all the water in an estuary or harbour by the actions of currents and tides.

  9. Fisheries management - Wikipedia

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    Fisheries objectives need to be expressed in concrete management rules. In most countries fisheries management rules should be based on the internationally agreed, though non-binding, Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, [8] agreed at a meeting of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization FAO session in 1995.