Why are poorly marked pots such a persistent problem and what can be done to solve it?
What are these pot markers attached to?
Pots on the sea bed. They’re baited traps that lure in prey through a funnel that makes it difficult to escape. Mostly they’re for crab and lobster, but also crayfish, shrimps and cuttlefish.
Who’s laying them?
At one end of the scale, large commercial operators are laying them, sometimes up to 100 at a time. But many are laid by local amateurs for their own purposes.
Where are they laid?
Wherever the fisherman thinks is the best spot to capture the prey. That might be off the beaten track, but in many instances they can be found directly in front of a harbour entrance, in the middle of navigable channels or dotted around a busy headland.
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