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![Chris Doley, of NOAA, hauls an experimental crab pot from the water at asampling site r0022625.jpg Chris Doley, of NOAA, hauls an experimental crab pot from the water at asampling site](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_r0022625.jpg?itok=MRknmaUk)
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Chris Doley, of NOAA, hauls an experimental crab pot from the water at asampling site. Blue crab pot samples were taken at shallow-water sites aroundPoplar Island using pots with mesh sizes about three times smaller than used incommercial crab pots. The mesh in the pots used for sampling was about 1/2 offine mesh netting. (Image credit: NOAA Restoration Center, Chris Doley)