Pocketed hoop net

A crab and lobster hoop net comprising:

• a. A larger outer upper ring;
• b. A smaller inner lower ring, located inside the outer upper ring when the net is laid flat on the sea floor, wherein the outer upper ring is connected to the smaller inner lower ring by;
• c. An intermediate net woven of mesh between the rings, wherein the intermediate net is composed of mesh material knotted together at uniform and regular intervals to create interwoven knotted mesh fabric having evenly spaced, uniform small openings between the cords, wherein weaving mesh conforming to the rings forms a net having selvage woven around rings retaining the mesh to the ring, the selvage attaching along the circumference of the inside and outside ring;
• d. A first central net woven inside the inner lower ring permanently closed not allowing passage of catch and having selvage enveloping the inner lower ring, wherein the inner lower ring has a second central net woven with selvage enveloping most of the ring;
• e. A second central net woven inside the inner lower ring is mounted in a generally parallel plane to the first central net and shares a majority of common selvage, but having a portion of selvage following the profile of a pocket opening definition cord, the cord defining a chord subtending an arc, wherein the cord defining a chord and forms an arc shaped pocket opening in cooperation with a first central net, the pocket definition cord having two opposite ends attached to two end points near the circumference of the inner lower ring;
• f. A bait pocket formed between the slack of the second central net and first central net, the pocket capable of holding bait pleasing to crustaceans,
• wherein when the trap is deployed, the two concentric rings rest on the ocean floor, such that when the trap is recovered, the outside upper ring rises first and draws the intermediate net upward to form the walls of a basket like profile, wherein the lower ring enclosing an inside net forms the bottom portion of a basket like profile, the walls preventing crustaceans from escaping while the net is being retrieved.