Sitting at the wheel of his workboat, the Miss Renee Two, ... Watermen troll for derelict crab pots Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ...

According to VIMS, about 800,000 licensed crab pots sit on the bottom of the bay every year. And every year about 160,000 of them end up ghosted.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) — Over 12,000 crab pots are lost in Washington state's Puget Sound every year, costing an estimated $700,000 in lost harvest revenue, and more poignantly, damaging the ...

In work finished Monday, DIA has located 209 crab pots in Gastineau Channel. ... Gillnets are made from synthetic material similar to fishing line and can sit on the bottom for decades.

Boats stacked with empty crab pots sit in Kodiak’s St. Paul Harbor. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Fishermen should have been setting their gear on Sunday morning for the opening of Kodiak’s biggest ...

Boats sit idle as algae threatens Dungeness crab season. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 72°F. Sunday, July 7th 2024 Today's e-Edition. Home Page. Close Menu. News. News; ...

CURRITUCK CO.--Two brothers face 36 charges after stealing more than 300 crab pots in the Currituck Sound and nearby waters, authorities said Monday. Larry Wayne Jones, 45, and his brother Thomas ...

Currituck Crab Pot Company opened its first location in Moyock, North Carolina in January 2021. Two more locations, in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, will be open soon.

In the 2015 blue crab season, for instance, the total catch for the bay and its tributaries was 49.6 million pounds — up from 35 million pounds the previous […] Skip to content All Sections ...

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) — Over 12,000 crab pots are lost in Washington state’s Puget Sound every year, costing an estimated $700,000 in lost harvest revenue, and more poignantly, damaging ...