Abstract: A trash removal system for removing trash and debris from a water bottom is provided. The system includes a sled configured to ride along the water bottom, the sled including a jetting aeration system having nozzles which provide jets of pressurized air and water directed towards the water bottom; and a vacuum including a suction funnel adjacent the jetting aeration system which is configured to suck in trash and debris agitated by the jetting aeration system. The system further includes a conveyor configured at one end to receive the trash and debris sucked in by the suction funnel, and to transport the trash and debris to a surface above the water bottom.

Abstract: A hollow heating chamber is provided for cleaning dirty lobster traps without any scouring detergents or chemical bath preparations, which, according to the FDA regulations cannot be used in physical contact with any edible food, which includes lobsters. A manifold with baffles is provided immersed within heated water within the heated chamber. A fuel oil burner is provided as a source of heat, for directing flames though the baffled manifold and then out an exhaust pipe. The lobster traps, with dirt, marine organisms, barnacles, etc., are immersed within the heating chamber and cleaned effectively without the hazard of detergents or chemical bath preparations being in contact with the portions of the lobster traps which engage and trap live lobsters for human consumption.