It’s amazing the scope of crab pot loss each year and the damage they do. This work, sponsored by the Northwest Straits Initiative, which funds our local Marine Resource Committees (of which I chair the Jefferson County MRC), has uncovered an enormous problem and is in the process of solving it. A big win for Washington and our habitat.
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Over 12,000 crab pots are lost in Washington state’s Puget Sound every year, costing an estimated $700,000 in lost harvest revenue, and more poignantly, damaging the sea floor environment. Using sonar to find the pots, divers and scientists venture into the waters to clean up and learn why pots are lost
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