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2. Fish trap - Wikipedia

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   A fish trap is a trap used for catching fish and ... Fish traps contribute to the problem of marine ... For example, fishers lost 31,600 crab traps in the ...

3. Willapa Bay - Wikipedia

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   Willapa Bay is fairly shallow: more than half of its surface area lies in the intertidal zone, and half of the volume of water inside it enters and leaves with every tide. The bay is an estuary formed when the Long Beach Peninsula, a long sand spit from the Columbia River to the south, partially enclosed the estuaries of several smaller rivers.

4. Crab fisheries - Wikipedia

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   Cancer pagurus, the edible crab or brown crab, is a species found in the North Sea, North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a robust crab of a reddish-brown colour, having an oval carapace with a characteristic "pie crust" edge and black tips to the claws. [11] Mature adults may have a carapace width of up to about 25 cm and weigh up to ...

5. Oregon extends crab fishing restrictions to protect whales ...

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   Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state's fish and ...

6. When can I get Dungeness crab in California? Here’s the new ...

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   The recreational trap restriction will remain in effect until at least the next risk assessment around Jan. 11, Fish and Wildlife said. Recreational crab traps are currently allowed off the coast ...

7. Alaskan king crab fishing - Wikipedia

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   Fishermen use a box-shaped trap called a pot, which consists of a steel frame covered with a nylon mesh. Each pot weighs 600–800 lb (270–360 kg) and a ship may carry 150 to 300 pots. [6] Fish, usually herring or codfish, are placed inside as bait, and then the pot is sunk to the sea floor where the king crabs reside. The pots are dropped in ...

8. Beaufort’s cherished blue crab is ‘mean as hell.’ But ...

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   If purchased, a bushel of these fish can start at $50 and on Sept. 20, 2024, the fishermen went through at least four bushels while bating their crab traps after bringing in their catch.

9. FV Northwestern - Wikipedia

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   Throughout the 1980s the Northwestern kept very busy year round, fishing opilio crab, blue king crab, red king crab, and brown king crab at different times of the year. To keep up with the increasing demand for crab in the late 1980s and early 1990s, boats needed to carry more pots (steel box shaped traps that are used to fish for crab).