Lobster trap, the Glossary
A lobster trap or lobster pot is a portable trap that traps lobsters or crayfish and is used in lobster fishing.[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: Buoy, Cape Cod, Chumming, Crab trap, Crayfish, Creel (basket), Fish, Harlech, Krusty Krab, Lath, Lobster, Lobster fishing, Lobster hook, Maine, Man overboard, New England, Project Gutenberg, Styrofoam, Swampscott, Massachusetts, The Maritimes, United States Fish Commission, Wales, Wood, Youghal.
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Buoy
A buoy is a floating device that can have many purposes.
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States.
Chumming
Chumming (American English from Powhatan) is the blue water fishing practice of throwing meat-based groundbait called "chum" into the water in order to lure various marine animals (usually large game fish) to a designated fishing ground, so the target animals are more easily caught by hooking or spearing.
Crab trap
Crab traps are used to bait, lure, and catch crabs for commercial or recreational use. Lobster trap and crab trap are fishing equipment.
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Crayfish
Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters.
Creel (basket)
A creel is a wicker basket usually used for carrying fish or blocks of peat. Lobster trap and creel (basket) are fishing equipment.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
Harlech
Harlech is a seaside resort and community in Gwynedd, North Wales, and formerly in the historic county of Merionethshire.
Krusty Krab
The Krusty Krab is a fictional fast food restaurant in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Lath
A lath or slat is a thin, narrow strip of straight-grained wood used under roof shingles or tiles, on lath and plaster walls and ceilings to hold plaster, and in lattice and trellis work.
Lobster
Lobsters are malacostracans of the family Nephropidae (synonym Homaridae).
Lobster fishing
Lobsters are widely fished around the world for their meat.
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Lobster hook
A lobster hook or lobsterhook is a hook with a handle (often home-made from a length of thick, stiff wire) used to encourage crabs and lobsters to come out of their holes when scuba diving or when searching among rocks in the dry at low tide. Lobster trap and lobster hook are fishing equipment and lobster fishing.
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Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.
Man overboard
"Man overboard!" is an exclamation given aboard a vessel to indicate that a member of the crew or a passenger has fallen off of the ship into the water and is in need of immediate rescue.
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New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library.
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Styrofoam
Styrofoam is a trademarked brand of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), manufactured to provide continuous building insulation board used in walls, roofs, and foundations as thermal insulation and as a water barrier. Lobster trap and Styrofoam are American inventions.
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Swampscott, Massachusetts
Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore.
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The Maritimes
The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
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United States Fish Commission
The United States Fish Commission, formally known as the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, was an agency of the United States government created in 1871 to investigate, promote, and preserve the fisheries of the United States.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Wood
Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
Youghal
Youghal is a seaside resort town in County Cork, Ireland.
See also
Lobster fishing
- 2020 Mi'kmaq lobster dispute
- Aussie Lobster Men
- Bahama Lobster Pirates
- Burnt Church Crisis
- Lobster Institute
- Lobster Liberation Front
- Lobster Wars
- Lobster fishing
- Lobster hook
- Lobster trap
- Lobsters (film)
- Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association
- Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association v. Ross
- National Lobster Hatchery
- Spiny lobster culture in Vietnam
- The Maine Lobsterman
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_trap
Also known as Lobster Pot, Lobster potting, Lobster traps, Lobster-potting, Pot trap.