Lobster traps headed west

On a road trip to Syracuse, Maureeen Rogers noticed a colossal flat bed hauling lobster traps west on the turnpike:

... Whatever else global warming has brought us, it has not yet brought us MidWest lobsters. Yes, the shorelines eroding, but it hasn't gotten that far yet. So, since lobster trappers in New England seem to have gone over to the new fangled plastic wired cages, I'm guessing this truck load was heading to someplace that was going to turn them into coffee tables. ...