46 FISHES AND FISHERY METHODS 



the United States to catch eels, sea bass, crawfish, and octopus. The 

 most common pot used along the West Coast is circular in shape (Dunge- 

 ness pot), has a metal frame, and is covered with a wire mesh. Two cone- 

 shaped tunnels are normally placed at opposite sides of the rounded 

 surface of the pot. The lower flat portion of the pot is weighted so that 



Pound 



Pocket 



Single heart trap 

 with poles 



Figure 4.3. Traps. {DumotU and Sundstrom, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.) 



