Ghost Net Removed from Cayman's Waters

[KathyV]

A floating gill net containing the carcasses of hundreds of dead fish and sharks was discovered near Grand Cayman and has been removed from the water.

UPDATED: ‘Ghost net’ removed from water Friday | Cayman Compass

 

[drbill]

Good to see that it was a fisherman who removed this net. Too often SCUBA divers are the ones who have to deal with ghost nets from fishing boats and with trash from recreational boaters.

 

[KathyV]

More about the Ghost Net and the fisherman that led the effort to get it out of the water; he sounds like quite a character:

A killer net in Cayman waters? Not today, Bobo | Cayman Compass

There seems to be a strong community spirit among the Cayman locals regarding protecting their environment and trying to balance development and nature; below is an article about bus, taxi, and tour drivers coming together to rake up sargassum weed on 7MB:

Taxi and bus drivers team up to clean up | Cayman Compass