The answer to relieving seafood market sticker shock is crab traps. The last time I stood at a seafood counter, Dungeness crab was $25 per pound and a dozen blue crabs cost over $50. Meanwhile these ...

2023 Crab Trap Drop-Off Sites • Sabine Lake – Local TPWD coordinator Carey Gelpi (409) 983-1104 (ext. 222) o Pleasure Island Marina Boat Ramp – Facilitated trap drop-off site.

FILE - A washed-up lobster trap and tangled lines sit on a beach in Biddeford, Maine, Nov. 13, 2009. The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned traps for ...

The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska.

Abandoned fishing gear is a worldwide problem that’s been referred to as anything from “ ghost nets ” to the “land mines of the sea.” The lost equipment is often dislodged by storms or passing boats, ...

The new rules would restrict the number of crab traps in the water and how deep they can drop in the late-season months when whales are more likely to be present.

The large number of abandoned or derelict crab traps pose problems for boaters and lure in crustaceans or other marine life who can’t claw their way back to freedom. To peel away at the problem ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from ...