crab boat

Pot-hauling fishing craft

A crab boat is a vessel designed or used for catching crabs, typically equipped with traps or pots that are baited and lowered to the seafloor.

Commercial crab boats range from small skiffs to large ocean-going ships: The crab boats head out before dawn during the season.

The Bering Sea crab fleet, featured in reality television, made the term familiar to landlocked audiences.

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