It's aloose net, it happens. I sincerely doubt that there was any vast consperacy by fishermen to take out divers by entangling them in nets and drowning them. It's a fairly small net and doubt that government agencies will jump not into the limelight to save the marine environment from extinction because of it. I do not suggest the use of any surface vessel keeping tension on the net unless you have com. Good way to tear up a perfectly diver, as the boat has no clue as to what is going on underwater. It's easy enough to just cut it into smaller pieces and remove it. The problem comes when someone wants to be a hero and tries to cut out great big pieces of it just to look good, then gets all snagged. A fiew small chunks, cut the dead creatures out of it and let the ocean have them, and dispose of the net in a trash can, or take it with you for disposal. It's not a huge operation, and won't take long to do. Causing more tension with fishermen is not the answer. Some of them may be jerks, but on an average, thier job is brutally hard, with long hours, and at best, a crap shoot as to wether they make a paying catch or not. Some of them get angry when they see diminished catches, and divers near thier pots. They have NO idea what's going on down there, so they lash out in frustration. Most of us here would do the same thing if someone were threatening our jobs, or way of life, and we percieved it to be at the hands of others. More than once, I have seen pots sitting there empty, and no more than 20" away were dozens of bugs not going there because they had plenty of food. Fishermen don't see that, they see the empty pot, and divers in the water. Don't go showboating, and looking for press and a pat on the back, just slowly remove the net piece at a time, Never start in the middle, start at an end, and just never let the net get behind or over you, keep it in front and gather it up a bit at a time, cut it off, stow it, and go back later for a little more. If other divers do this, it will disappear in no time.
