Christopher Dunagan has the story in the Kitsap Sun:
Seven underwater areas in Kitsap County have been cleared of more than 400 abandoned “ghost nets,” using federal stimulus dollars, officials say.
Four full-time dive boats, hired by the Northwest Straits Initiative, continue to work throughout Puget Sound and other inland waterways to remove up to 3,000 lost nets, which continue to kill fish, birds and marine mammals, according to Ginny Broadhurst, director of the program.
Meanwhile, other efforts are being launched by the Legislature to recover abandoned crab pots and to look for ways to prevent fishing nets from becoming a problem again.
