crab pots
Submerged seafood snares
Crab pots are wire or mesh traps used to catch crabs.
The cages are baited and lowered to the seafloor, where crabs enter through funnel-shaped openings but cannot escape.
Fishermen mark their pots with buoys and retrieve them periodically: We checked the crab pots at dawn.
The design varies by region and target species.
- buoysAnchored floating signals
- trapsDevices for catching prey
- floatsRemains on surface
- fishermenThose who catch aquatic creatures
- netsMesh devices for catching
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- fishing villagefisherman, fishermen, fishing boat, fishing fleet, nets
- coastal lifedolphins, pelicans, lighthouses, seagulls, fishing
- Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay, blue crabs, watermen, oyster, crabs
- Chesapeake historyChesapeake Bay, watermen, blue crabs, oystering, crabbing
- Coastal Fishingcommercial fishing, recreational fishing, fishing boats, striped bass, shellfish
- Crab Fishingdeckhand, bait, Bering Sea, Alaska, buoy
crab potsfishing nets
Mesh for catching seafood
gill nets · trawl nets · fishing lines · hook and line · rod and reel
crab potsspearfishing
Aquatic hunting with sharp poles
harpooning · netting · angling · jigging · trawling