Fishing – Crustaceans

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Toggles made from piping and rope

Creel Fishing - Toggles

Creels used for lobster, prawn or crab fishing

Creels

Creel hooks or broken parts thereof

Creel Hooks

Plastic spinner used in creel fishing

Creel spinners

Plastic rings used to make creel entrances

"Hard Eyes" - creel entrances

Strapping bands (rubber) used on creels

Creel strapping

Bait pots used in creel fishing

Bait Pots

Escape hatch

Creel escape hatch

Creel Escape Hatches to allow egress of undersized catch.

Creel Escape Hatches

Plastic collar used to form creel entrance.

Creel funnel or entrance

Plastic funnel to form creel entrance

Round funnel or creel entrance

Light corrugated plastic sheets which form langoustine tubes.

Prawn tubesCorrugated plastic sheets which interlock to form tubes for storage of live languoustine for transport, inside prawn trays.

Plastic pipe used as part of creel construction

Creel pipe

Plastic creel base

Creel Base

Polystyrene fishing floats

Polystyrene Floats

Round polystyrene floats

Polystyrene floats

Creel clip

Creel clip

Rubber claw bands for keeping lobster claws closed.

Claw Bands

Bags used for storing bait

Bait bags

Creel net scraps (plastic)

Creel netting scraps

Creel sheaths where creels have been dipped in plastic

Creel SheathsPlastic strips which have broken and fallen off fishing creel previously dipped in plastic.

Plastic licence tags issued to creel operators for attaching to creels

North American Lobster TagsLobster tags are issued by licensing authorities in North America to those fishing using creels, and provide information on location, licence number and year.

Plastic trays banded together containing prawn tubes (packaging)

Prawn Trays