Crab trap floats found on beaches can be identified by their markings. Float colors and numbering formats can sometimes indicate their origin. Beachcombers walking along the Texas coast often find ...

So next time you spot a crab trap float on the beach, take a closer look. The letters and numbers on it might just tell you an interesting story about its journey and the fishery it once belonged to.

Also, a large, easy-to-access bait cage makes the trap easier to maintain. The crab line, harness, and float are just as important as the trap. If you buy a crab trap kit, make sure the quality of the ...

For the past 23 years, volunteers have been an essential part of cleaning up crab traps along the Texas coast, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said. Since 2001, volunteers and TPWD staff ...

On January 5 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission began its ten-day-long blue crab trap closure. This closure gives groups, authorized by the FWC, time to identify and retrieve ...

Grant Bundy, Jr., pulls up what he thought was a crab trap from his father's flooded ramp after Hurricane Ida at Bundy's Seafood in Lafitte, La., Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021.

On June 25, River City Live (alongside @news4jax) is putting Fernandina Beach in the spotlight — and we’re kicking it off early with a sponsored feature on one of its most iconic local spots ...

The season will officially begin on Jan. 5, 2025, for areas south of Point Arena to the U.S./Mexico border. This area will be subject to a 50% trap reduction.

Scientists have installed the UK's first trap to catch an invasive species of crab which can grow bigger than a dinner plate. Chinese mitten crabs can have a negative impact on riverbanks and ...

After six months trapped in crab trap lines, a humpback whale named Check was rescued and freed off the coast of California, officials said.

They installed the trap on August 31 but have not managed to catch a Chinese mitten crab as of yet. Dr Clark says it might be delayed because of the warm weather, but he is unsure.

CMA's dolphin-turned-movie star, who died in 2021, was also trapped in a crab trap as a calf. It was the rope of that tightly-wound trap that caused Winter to lose her tail flukes.