Stolen Lake Tahoe crayfish traps a 'huge' cost to local harvester

Someone is stealing traps laid in the waters of Lake Tahoe to catch crayfish, a crime the owner of Tahoe’s first commercial fishing operation in decades says is crushing his business.
Since August and only a month after Tahoe Lobster Co. commenced operations, 77 traps have disappeared at a combined cost in lost gear and product amounting to about $8,000, said Fred Jackson, the company’s founder. Twenty traps were stolen from waters off Tahoe’s east shore just this week, Jackson said.
“It’s just destroying us,” Jackson said. “It’s huge.”