Arthur and I have occasionally dropped his lone crab pot into the water in front of the house. All of last year and through this spring, no crabs of a size worth eating have walked into the trap.
We did catch something this week though: we caught a $120 fine from the State of Alaska, who fished the waters of Port Saint Nicholas for additional revenue.
The fine was for a) a mis-labeled buoy (Arthur hadn’t included his boat license which is apparently required, and had written his enigmatic “rockpit.ak” instead of his name, which the fish and game official legitimately considered to be uninformative), and b) absence of a biodegradable locking mechanism (normally a piece of hemp string).
Arthur was disgruntled. Apparently many people along the inlet received similar fines this week, though.
This is the offending crab pot.
