NC Diamondback Terrapin Conservation Network

Crap Traps vs. Terrapins - Page under development: December 2009

NOAA, Tortoise Reserve, NC Audubon Society Derelect Trap Removal Program

"Why I Don’t Like Crab Pots" by Bob Palmatier

Literature and links for blue crabs, crab pots and by catch

Pender County, NC

By-catch species reported from ghost crab pots in North Carolina

NC regulations regarding fishing gear & turtles

Pender County, NC

"As the weather becomes cooler, the hunter takes large quantities of brush and makes a fire over the lace where he knows the terrapins are buried. The terrapin imagine that spring has come, and crawl out to be captured."
Ingraham on Tidewater Maryland