Galilee has historically been one of New England's top lobster ports despite Rhode Island's location at the southern end of the lobster's geographical range, and since the early 2000s it has also become part of the emerging Jonah crab fishery. Its lobster and crab fleet ranges from 14-foot skiffs working around the breakwater to 90-foot offshore boats fishing in the deep canyons on the edge of the continental shelf. Fishermen follow lobsters and crabs in their annual migration, moving inshore in summer and offshore in winter. Galilee's boats are uniquely adapted to these waters: unlike typical inshore Gulf of Maine lobster boats, which set traps separately to avoid entangling with other traps and underwater rock formations, Rhode Island boats fish in a more open expanse of ocean and tie traps together in long strings called trawls. Because most Rhode Island boats use this method, they have an open-transom design that allows traps to be set off the stern rather than over the side rail. Lobstermen also sell freshly caught lobsters and crabs directly to consumers through dockside sales.