There must be hundreds of these nets lying on the ocean floor, caught on all sorts of obstructions.
A group of scuba divers plan Sunday to head 80 feet under the sea off Huntington Beach to remove hundreds of pounds of fishing net entangled on a shipwrecked barge, making it a hazard to marine life.
“Ghost nets also put recreational divers at risk,” Kurt Lieber, president of the nonprofit Ocean Defenders Alliance said in a statement. “It is imperative to remove such netting to make the area safe … and reduce damage to surrounding marine ecosystems.” Whales, dolphins, seals and fish can easily become snared in wayward netting.Over the last decade, the Huntington Beach-based Ocean Defenders Alliance has removed more than 13,000 pounds of abandoned fishing net from coastal waters.ALSO:California ban on gay conversion therapy put on holdA group of scuba divers plan Sunday to head 80 feet under the sea off Huntington Beach to remove hundreds of pounds of fishing net entangled on a shipwrecked barge, making it a hazard to marine life.“Ghost nets also put recreational divers at risk,” Kurt Lieber, president of the nonprofit Ocean Defenders Alliance said in a statement. “It is imperative to remove such netting to make the area safe … and reduce damage to surrounding marine ecosystems.”Whales, dolphins, seals and fish can easily become snared in wayward netting.Over the last decade, the Huntington Beach-based Ocean Defenders Alliance has removed more than 13,000 pounds of abandoned fishing net from coastal waters.ALSO:-- Mike Anton-- Mike AntonA group of scuba divers plan Sunday to head 80 feet under the sea off Huntington Beach to remove hundreds of pounds of fishing net entangled on a shipwrecked barge, making it a hazard to marine life.
There must be hundreds of these nets lying on the ocean floor, caught on all sorts of obstructions.
A group of scuba divers plan Sunday to head 80 feet under the sea off Huntington Beach to remove hundreds of pounds of fishing net entangled on a shipwrecked barge, making it a hazard to marine life.“Ghost nets also put recreational divers at risk,” Kurt Lieber, president of the nonprofit Ocean Defenders Alliance said in a statement. “It is imperative to remove such netting to make the area safe … and reduce damage to surrounding marine ecosystems.”
Whales, dolphins, seals and fish can easily become snared in wayward netting.
Over the last decade, the Huntington Beach-based Ocean Defenders Alliance has removed more than 13,000 pounds of abandoned fishing net from coastal waters.
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California ban on gay conversion therapy put on holdA group of scuba divers plan Sunday to head 80 feet under the sea off Huntington Beach to remove hundreds of pounds of fishing net entangled on a shipwrecked barge, making it a hazard to marine life.
“Ghost nets also put recreational divers at risk,” Kurt Lieber, president of the nonprofit Ocean Defenders Alliance said in a statement. “It is imperative to remove such netting to make the area safe … and reduce damage to surrounding marine ecosystems.”
Whales, dolphins, seals and fish can easily become snared in wayward netting.
Over the last decade, the Huntington Beach-based Ocean Defenders Alliance has removed more than 13,000 pounds of abandoned fishing net from coastal waters.
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