lobster trap
Baited seafloor cage
A lobster trap is a cage-like device used to catch lobsters, typically made of wood slats or wire mesh with a funnel-shaped entrance that allows lobsters to enter but makes escape difficult.
Bait is placed inside to lure the crustaceans.
Commercial fishermen set traps along the ocean floor, connected by lines to buoys at the surface that mark ownership and location.
The harbor was cluttered with colorful buoys marking lobster traps below.
- buoyTethered nautical signal
- lobsteringHarvesting marine crustaceans commercially
- commercial fishingHarvesting seafood for profit
- baitLure for prey
- caughtSeized or grabbed
line · rope · cage · lure · parlor · crustacean · haul · catch limit · slatted · warp · toggle · fishing · mesh · bycatch · Maine · New England · fisherman · salt water
- coastal lifedolphins, pelicans, lighthouses, seagulls, fishing
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
- Lobsterlangoustine, langosta
- New England coastCape Cod, clambake, chowder, Portland, Nantucket
- trapsmousetrap, deadfall, cage, noose, snare
- catchersbackstop, receiver, bug catcher, rat catcher, dog catcher
lobster trapfreedom
Absence of constraint
open water · marine sanctuary · catch-and-release · wildlife refuge
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