Re: California Coastal Waters Polluted with Fishing Gear

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18028-californias-coastal-waters-a-dump-for-fishing-gear.html
California's coastal waters a dump for fishing gear
17:54 22 October 2009 by Shanta Barley
For the first time, scientists have used a submersible to investigate the debris piling up in deep-water canyons off the coast of California. To their surprise, they found that recreational fishing gear accounted for 93 per cent of the underwater trash.......


Access to article abstract:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V6N-4X71NWK-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1060374019&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=662021307671a42a26754c1fbb0d281d

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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You don't need to go deep-sea diving to find that crap. Just take a stroll along the San Joaquin at Devils Postpile. Don't trip.