#crab traps

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this press release from the Center for Biological Diversity:

The Center for Biological Diversity and 20 partner organizations petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to protect diamondback terrapins as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Aquatic turtles who live primarily in coastal marshes and estuaries from Massachusetts to Texas, these animals have declined by 75% across most of their range in the past 50 years.

���Tens of thousands of terrapins are drowning in crab traps each year. Without the lifeline of Endangered Species Act protection, they’ll sink into extinction,” said Will Harlan, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity.

In many locations along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, terrapin populations have been wiped out completely.

Drowning in crab traps is a leading cause of death. These traps are submerged cages with funneled entrances that catch both crabs and air-breathing terrapins. Around 3 million crab traps are deployed each year by recreational and commercial crabbers, which kill tens of thousands of diamondback terrapins annually.

In addition, between 25% and 50% of all crab traps are lost or abandoned annually in coastal waters. These derelict cages — called ghost traps — kill tens of thousands more terrapins every year. Researchers estimate 60,000 to 80,000 terrapins are killed in active and abandoned crab traps each year.

Yet simple, proven solutions exist that could save terrapins. Bycatch reduction devices installed on crab traps have no negative effects on crab harvests, but they reduce diamondback terrapin deaths by 94%.

Terrapins are also threatened by habitat loss from sea-level rise and development. They’ve already lost half of their original wetlands and are expected to lose up to 60% of their coastal marsh habitat by the end of the century.

As these animals travel farther in search of habitat, thousands of egg-bearing females are killed along roads each year. Increasing pollution, poaching, predators, boat strikes and climate change also threaten them.

[jesmcreates]

[like-the-cut-of-your-jib]

Keep going, keep experimenting for all concerned.

For the fishers, for the right whales, for the environment (less plastic svp)!

[daily-crabbys]

Today's crab is: weird little thing

[gaysgrave]

Close ups below, and a video of a slide-y thingy

This is my third attempt to post this because Tumblr hated me 😩😭

[crehador]

he should be a 1* like thrm-ex. you can throw him out there but he'll explode immediately and needs 200 seconds to recover

[cronennerd]

HORRORS UNDER THE SUN (1/2)

Sun spirits: Dust Devil (1992), dir. Richard Stanley & Sunshine (2007), dir. Danny Boyle

Surviving summer break: IT (2017), dir. Andy Muschietti & Summer of 84 (2018), dir. F. Simard, A. Whissell, Y.K. Whissell

Beachfront beasts: Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957), dir. Roger Corman & Uninvited (1988), dir. Greydon Clark

Road trip me to hell: Tourist Trap (1979), dir. David Schmoeller & The Hitcher (1986), dir. Robert Harmen

In heat: A Bay of Blood (1971), dir. Mario Bava & X (2022), dir. Ti West

[wrestlingarsenal]

[justacynicalromantic]

The moment Ukrainian missile hits Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ in Sevastopol, Crimea.

Courtesy of Sternenko.

😍😍😍

The Command of the Special Operations in Ukraine says that the operation, which took some serious planning and timing, recieves the code name Crab Trap - as an allusion to the famous way of catching crabs - when you place a box on the bottom of the sea where crabs dwell and wait for them to gather inside. The strike on the Ru Black Sea Fleet HQ reportedly came during a time when a lot of officers, as well as some high ranking command ones, were gathered in the building.

[dougielombax]

Fascinating.

Wait.

Haven’t I seen this somewhere before?

Hmmm….

Yeah this sounds oddly familiar to me.

Hang on.

…

Oh…

Oh no….

Oh this is BAD!

I think we ought to keep that little fella inside the amber.

For good.

[ratcandy]

Should’ve put out another “will my traps have spiders” poll because today I could’ve given the unique answer of “trap stolen”

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizontober 2023 | 16: new

[sggk]

My dad just got end stage months left liver disease diagnosis so . Think that may actually cap off the worst this week can get finally

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

spongebob came out in 1999 (good for him)

so obviously mabel takes it upon herself post canon to sit down with ford and watch every single episode of the original spongebob

[the-chibi-devil]

So was anyone going to tell me about the death trap in the Halloween zone of Sky: Children of the Light, or was I just supposed to figure that out by nearly drowning?

[hershelwidget]

A collection of things I’ve screamed into the void with mild hope that the void would scream back (it did. on several of these)

I am so sorry but every single word uttered here is canon to YLS’s already insane lore. yes even the one about Jack Skellington. yes even the one about Dimentio. yes even the one that ties into MSM/TBoCI. yes ESPECIALLY the one about Captain Barnacles.