A Crustacean Education It’s all in the D-Tails

Photo by Larry Egan
Captain Dave Stamatis gets help heaving a pot back into Cape Cod Bay as Mate Alex Eldridge looks on.
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The notched tail of a pregnant female.
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The escape vent is designed to allow lobsters to free themselves if a trap becomes a “ghost trap.”
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Captain Dave explains the V-notching program to protect pregnant females like this one loaded with eggs.
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Stamatis and Eldridge aboard D-Tails in Wellfleet Harbor.
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Captain Dave pulling one of his pots.
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A young adventurer helps mate Eldridge band the claws of a lobster.
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Captain Dave looks on as lobsters get banded with the help of members of the charter.