At 02:54 PM 12/22/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Not only gill nets, but vast tangles of disgarded fishing line also
>threaten diving sea birds and marine mammals. Sadly, I have seen drowned
>grebes around the fishing pier at the Des Moines, WA, Marina with their
>legs wrapped in fishing line. What can be done to remove this stuff?

This is timely, as I've just finished uploading captions and photos from my
latest Photo CD to my web site. I was in Monterey in October, and
photographed
a California sea lion with fishing line wrapped around its neck, from a boat.

The boat drivers - it was a whale watching trip - were going to report it
upon our return.

Here's the photo's URL:

http://donb.photo.net/photo_cd/f/b40.html

Not a great photo, just a documentary photo.


- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
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