▁area . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁Commission ▁and ▁other ▁volunte ers ▁will ▁come ▁together ▁to ▁remove ▁these ▁tra ps . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁volunte ers ▁have ▁helped ▁remove ▁over ▁ 3 3 , 0 0 0 ▁c rab ▁tra ps . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Der el ict ▁c rab ▁tra ps ▁are ▁simply ▁tra ps ▁that ▁have ▁been ▁lost ▁or ▁abandoned ▁by ▁fish erm en . ▁These ▁tra ps ▁were ▁separated ▁from ▁their ▁bu o ys ▁by ▁t ides ▁or ▁curr ents , ▁they ▁were ▁v andal ized , ▁or ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁assemble d ▁properly ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁place . ▁Der el ict ▁c rab ▁tra ps ▁can ▁lead ▁to ▁" g host ▁fish ing " ▁or ▁" g host ▁n ets " ▁where ▁these ▁tra ps ▁continue ▁to ▁capture ▁not ▁only ▁c rab s , ▁but ▁many ▁other ▁kinds ▁of ▁species . ▁Ghost ▁fish ing ▁usually ▁occurs ▁in ▁ 3 ▁steps . ▁The ▁first ▁step ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁der el ict ▁tra ps ▁grow ▁bar n acles . ▁Then , ▁the ▁bar n acles ▁attract ▁other ▁fish ▁and ▁they ▁get ▁caught ▁in ▁the ▁trap . ▁Last ly , ▁these ▁fish ▁become ▁the ▁b ait ▁for ▁more ▁c rab s ▁or ▁other ▁fish . ▁This ▁process ▁turns ▁into ▁a ▁cycle ▁and ▁is ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁many ▁different ▁kinds ▁of ▁species . ▁ ▁There ▁has ▁been ▁some ▁difficulty ▁when ▁it ▁comes ▁to ▁removing ▁these ▁abandoned ▁tra ps ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁illegal ▁to ▁remove ▁them . ▁Check