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chained_bear commented on the word rail dump
In crab fishing, rail dumps are done when the pot comes up full of female/juvenile crabs—it isn't worth sorting them for the number of keepers that might be in it, so they're dumped overboard at the rail without bringing the pot aboard.
July 11, 2008