A group of scuba divers plan Sunday to head 80 feet under the sea off Huntington Beach to remove hundreds of pounds of fishing net entangled on a shipwrecked barge, making it a hazard to marine life.
?Ghost nets also put recreational divers at risk,? Kurt Lieber, president of the nonprofit Ocean Defenders Alliance said in a statement. ?It is imperative to remove such netting to make the area safe ? and reduce damage to surrounding marine ecosystems.?
Whales, dolphins, seals and fish can easily become snared in wayward netting.
Over the last decade, the Huntington Beach-based Ocean Defenders Alliance has removed more than 13,000 pounds of abandoned fishing net from coastal waters.
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