LCA and MFA/SFA: analytical tools for Industrial Ecology1

An improved system for baiting fishhooks attached to a fishing line is disclosed. The system comprises a line storage unit and a baiting unit. A fishing line is drawn out of the storage unit and through a bait hopper which contains a series of bearings and deflectors. The hopper is filled with a mixture of liquid and baits, and as the fishing line with attached hooks is drawn through the mixture, each fishhook snags a bait before exiting the hopper. The hopper may include a rotating bearing for varying the path of the fishing line and hooks through the liquid/bait mixture, thus increasing the likelihood that each hook will be baited. The motion of the fishing line as it is drawn through the mixture creates a circulation, which tends to prevent accumulation of the baits at the bottom of the hopper that could interfere with the baiting process.