Ocean safe eel trap entry

Abstract

A marine animal trap entry is assembled from a plurality of identically molded, semi-circular mating sections each including a semi-circular base and a plurality of flexible tapered fingers extending from the base. The plurality of mating sections are detachably assembled together to form an annular base portion and a tapered conical entry portion formed by the plurality of flexible tapered fingers. The plurality of fingers taper inwardly towards an apex of the conical entry portion wherein the annular base portion and conical entry portion are co-axial along a longitudinal axis of the trap entry. The semicircular mating sections are separated parallel to the axis of the trap entry. The plurality of flexible fingers are curved with an inwardly facing convex surface. Each of the semi-circular mating sections is molded from a biodegradable polymer.

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