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December 26, 1998 Electric Beach, West Side Oahu
The day after Christmas 1998 will stand out in my mind as one of the most aggravating and most gratifying days I have ever had. This net had been abandoned at one of Oahu's most popular shore dives and sighted by our instructor, Dan. Deep Ecology staff found the net which spanned over 100 ft wrapped over countless coral heads and entangling two Goatfish, two scrawled Filefish, a Moorish Idol, Spiny Lobster, Crab and a Spiny Puffer fish. All but one fish could be saved and the entire process was documented on video and still photography. It took six divers over an hour to remove this net, which had done substantial damage to coral. The ignorance and blatant disregard for human and marine life that the individuals responsible for this net exhibit is in my mind indefensible. In the Hawaiian culture this type of disregard would be a clear threat to the society as a whole and Hawaiians of past were killed for less.
