stacked old traditional wooden lobster traps at storage at Nova Scotia, Canada. Photo by Willy Matheisl
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willy matheisl / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BNRJW6File size:
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3744 x 5616 px | 31.7 x 47.5 cm | 12.5 x 18.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
30 July 2010Location:
Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, North AmericaMore information:
A lobster trap is a portable trap which traps lobsters or crayfish and is used in lobster fishing. In British English a lobster trap is called a lobster pot. A lobster trap can catch multiple lobsters at once. Lobster traps were traditionally constructed out of wood but they are now usually plastic. An opening permits the lobster to enter a tunnel of netting. Pots are usually constructed in two parts, called the "chamber" or “kitchen”, The trap can consist of a wooden frame surrounded by a rope mesh. The majority of the newer traps found in the Northeast of the USA and the Canadian maritimes consist of a plastic-coated metal frame. A piece of bait, often fish or chum, is placed inside the trap, and the traps are dropped onto the sea floor. A long rope is attached to each trap, at the end of which is a plastic or buoy that bears the owner's license number. The entrances to the traps are designed to be one-way entrances only. The traps are checked every other day by the fisherman and rebaited if necessary. One study indicated that lobster traps are very inefficient and allow almost all lobsters to escape.