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Divers take 53 tons of marine debris

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                                A Hawaiian green sea turtle and a juvenile masked booby rest atop a buoyant “ghost net” at Manawai.
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A Hawaiian green sea turtle and a juvenile masked booby rest atop a buoyant “ghost net” at Manawai.

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                                Lead diver Derek Levault returned with a full load of ghost net that was collected from the remote reefs of Manawai.
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Lead diver Derek Levault returned with a full load of ghost net that was collected from the remote reefs of Manawai.

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                                After being cut free from the reef, large “ghost nets” like the one above are recovered by specially trained marine debris technicians from Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project.
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After being cut free from the reef, large “ghost nets” like the one above are recovered by specially trained marine debris technicians from Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project.

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                                A Hawaiian green sea turtle and a juvenile masked booby rest atop a buoyant “ghost net” at Manawai.
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                                Lead diver Derek Levault returned with a full load of ghost net that was collected from the remote reefs of Manawai.
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                                After being cut free from the reef, large “ghost nets” like the one above are recovered by specially trained marine debris technicians from Papahanaumokuakea Marine Debris Project.