Keywords: FMIB 47824 Crate containing adult crabs for observation It measured 2 by 2 by 4 feed and consisted of an iron frame covered with chicken.jpeg check categories 19 September 2015 3 Crate containing adult crabs for observation It measured 2 by 2 by 4 feed and consisted of an iron frame covered with chicken wire fencing with a 1-inch mesh It was divided into four vertical compartments to prevent the crabs crowding together and to prevent the escape of all the crabs in case the wire was torn at any point A wire bail was attached at each end and brought together over the top in the middle To their point of union a wire was secured by which the crate was lowered and raised Subject Crab pots Tag Shellfish 1921 00 Cite book Life History of the Blue Crab Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries vol 36 1917-1918 Churchill E P Jr Washington DC Government Printing Office 1921 Plate LIV-36 Churchill E P Jr PD-UWASH-FMIB Institution University of Washington FMIB-source accession number 47824 Images from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank to check Churchill E P Jr Crab pots Shellfish |