1020 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [Iy6] 



Lobster pots. 



Lobster pot. 



Full size ; made of laths, in shape of half cylinder ; netting- at ends ; 

 granite sinkers ; warp and buoy. Length, 4 feet ; width, 27 

 inches ; depth, 17 inches. Eockport, Mass., 1882. 54,482. U. 

 S. Fish Commission. The most common style of lobster trap 

 used in Massachusetts Bay. 



DOUBLE-ENDER LOBST10R POT. 



Full size ; made of laths, in shape of half-cylinder ; netting at ends ; 

 three compartments 5 brick sinkers ; warp and float. Length, 

 7 feet 3 inches; width, 26 inches; depth, 19 inches. Eock- 

 port, Me., 1882. 54,430. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Lobster pot. 



Full size ; made of laths, in shape of half cylinder ; netting at ends ; 

 brick sinkers ; warp and buoy. Length, 4 feet ; width, 2 feet ; 

 depth, 18 inches. Eockport, Me., 1882. 54,429. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. The most common style of trap used on the 

 Maine coast. 



Lobster pot. 



Model. Made of wooden slats, in shape of half-cylinder; stone sink- 

 ers; warp and float. Length, 16 inches; width, 7£ inches; 

 depth, 6£ inches. Stonington, Conn., 1878. 29,363. Gift of K 

 G. Smith. 



Lobster pot. 



Model. Made of wooden slats, in half-cylinder shape, with netting 

 at ends ; stone sinkers ; warp and float. Length, 12 inches ; 

 width, 6 inches ; depth, 5 inches. ISToank, Conn., 1878. 29,296. 

 Gift of G. L. Green. 



Lobster pot. 



Model. Made of wooden slats, in shape of half-cylinder, with net- 

 ting at ends; stone sinkers; warp and float attached. Length, 

 9 inches ; width, 5 inches ; depth, 3£ inches. Boston, Mass., 

 1877. 26,586. Gift of Johnson & Young. 



Lobster pot. 



Model, scale, 3 inches to foot. Made of wooden slats, square shape; 

 stone sinkers ; warp and float. The fall-size pot of this style 

 is 26 inches square by 13 inches deep. Newport, E. I., 1875. 

 24,801. Gift of J. M. K. South wick. Used in Narragansett 

 Bay for fishing in water from 10 to 15 fathoms deep. 



