Loosing Traps / Slicing Buoys

Commercial crabbers make their living pulling pots.  They are able to retrieve them via a line tied to a buoy which floats at the surface.  Placing pots ( traps ) out of the designated traffic routes keeps the buoy out of harm's way. However with the warming weather,  recreational boaters are filling the waterways. And our buoys are getting hit.

Many boaters drive over crab buoys without fully realizing the damage that can be caused.  Getting a pot line wrapped around your propeller can mean hours of cutting globs of entangle line.  Or you could be facing a serious repair bill after the gears and seals of your engine foot are rebuilt.

Either way, the pot is lost to the bottom. As if we needed more debris along the bottom.  And the crabber has lost the cost of his trap ( typically $50 ) and the value of his catch.