Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Dates Set for 2018

  Each February for more than 15 years, countless volunteers spend 10 days on the water along the Texas coastline searching the bays for abandoned crab traps left to foul shrimpers’ nets, snag anglers lines, ghost fish, and create unsightly views. To date, they’ve hauled off more than 32,000 of these derelict traps. Between Feb. 16-25, Texas coastal waters will be closed to crabbing with wire mesh crab traps to facilitate the annual volunteer crab trap cleanup. Any traps left in bays — including traps tied to docks — will be assumed abandoned and considered... READ MORE