One of the jobs that we occasionally get involved with is collecting derelict fishing gear from the reefs. The seal researchers spend more time in the boats so they perform this task more often than the FWS volunteers. When I went out with the Monk Seal researchers we found this wad of line and other fishing gear, cut it loose from the reef and loaded it onto our boat. This kind of gear goes right on trapping fish, birds, and reef organisms long after it is lost so it is good to remove it whenever it's found. Derek is on the left and I'm on the right. The picture was taken by Mark Sullivan
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