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Old 12-17-2016, 08:28 AM
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Default Re: Jcaa alert - pots off the reefs and fluke

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Originally Posted by chrislars View Post
Have to wonder how much abandoned or cut off gear is on the reefs! I know we brought up a few this year along on the party boats' anchors that had been down there for a long time.

It would be a monumental task, but recovery of those old pots to clean off the reefs should be the next task after tethered ones are removed. Anyone else seen the videos of the piles and piles of rope and fishing line that comes off the reefs when divers get down to them? It's crazy!
Here is a possible solution:

https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/discover-issue

https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/types/...t-fishing-gear

https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/remova...ern-new-jersey

https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/about-us/funding
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