Lobster Trap

Industry Week: 50th Anniversary Special Edition

Consider the Lobster Trap

By Laura Putre

For IndustryWeek’s 50th anniversary issue, thinkers and doers shared their prophecies for manufacturing’s next 50 years. They had big predictions about where tech will take us, how work will change, and how what matters today might be very different in 2070.

The Wall Street Journal

James Knott Pioneered Modern Lobster Traps and Fended Off the EPA

By James R. Hagerty - August 24, 2018

James Knott helped build a better lobster trap.

Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association

The Modern Lobster Trap Turns 35

By Beth Casoni - October 2015

Riverdale Mills revolutionized the lobster fishing industry when founder James Knott, Sr. created Aquamesh, a first of its kind marine-grade welded wire mesh fabric designed specifically to create a more durable lobster trap for New England lobstermen. Thirty-five years later, over 80% of all lobster traps in the U.S. are built with Aquamesh.

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