New federal program targets abandoned crab, lobster traps

ASSOCIATED PRESS • April 21, 2023

The U.S. government is launching a new $8 million program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska. The NOAA's new program will fund efforts to remove derelict traps used to harvest blue, Dungeness and stone crabs as well as the American and spiny species of lobsters.