Subject: Re: Abandoned Gill Nets (fishing line too!)
Date: Dec 23 10:12:30 1997
From: PAGODROMA - PAGODROMA at aol.com


A couple small corrections and apology:

Maureen -- My fingers were flying over the keyboard at light speed and faster
than my tired wee little mind could keep up and then I missed it in a review
before posting. I referred to you by name as 'Irene' at one point. I'm truly
sorry. Maureen, Irene... well it's kind of an honest mistake for the brain
dead and physically exhausted.

Also, I made reference to the "driftnet bycatch" discussion group which should
have more correctly simply read "bird bycatch". Driftnets are less the
problem these days than they were 10 years ago as these killers are being
regulated and/or banned altogether. Longline fisheries "bycatch" is still
quite an issue and is linked to the alarming large mortalities of albatross
species, especially in the southern oceans, and threats to the rare and
endangered Short-tailed Albatross in Alaskan waters, and is largely what this
discussion group is all about. Still, 'Maureen', some tweet who is a member
in that forum can perhaps guide you with respect to your query.

Richard Rowlett (Pagodroma at aol.com)
47.56N, 122.13W
(Seattle/Bellevue, WA USA)