Great work by our local NW Straits Initiative team (with kudos’ to Ginny Broadhurst and Jeff June), who have brought back $4.6 million in stimulus money to fund the efforts to get divers to go down and remove sunken abandoned fishing nets (known as ‘derelict gear removal’). The nets, which continue to kill sealife, have been mapped prior to this, and will now be removed. 40 new local jobs are created for a few years, some local boats are hired to get the divers down, and the Sound and Straits are helped be rid of the scourge of the abandoned nets. A win all around for taxpayers. Read the whole story at The New York Times (link below) or link to the NW Straits website off the left side of this page:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/us/25fishnets.html?ref=todayspaper
Filed under: Port Townsend, Puget Sound, Straits of Juan de Fuca | Tagged: Hood Canal, NW Straits Intiative, Port Townsend, Puget Sound |
