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PHOTOS: Volunteers pull up refuse from Port Angeles harbor

Published 1:30 am Friday, April 26, 2019

By Keith Thorpe

PHOTOS: Volunteers pull up refuse from Port Angeles harbor
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PHOTOS: Volunteers pull up refuse from Port Angeles harbor
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Lower Elwha Klallam tribal fisheries specialists, from left, Dave Manson, Sara Cendejas-Zarelli and Michael Sheldon pull a damaged shopping car and a derelict crab pot over the rail after divers attach ropes to the objects beneath Port Angeles City Pier on Tuesday. Looking on at left is Melissa Williams, execuitive director of Feiro Marine Life Center, which helped coordinate the cleanup effort. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A cleanup crew consisting of, from left, Tamara Galvan, facilities director of Feiro Marine Life Center, and Lower Elwha Klallam tribal fisheries specialists Dave Manson, Sara Cendejas-Zarelli and Michael Sheldon attempt to pull heavy debris from the harbor floor beneath Port Angeles City Pier on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Shopping carts, derelict crab pots and a tire were among the debris pulled from beneath Port Angeles City Pier on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Divers float in Port Angeles Harbor at Port Angeles City Pier as a dive boat provides support during Tuesday’s efforts to pull submerged debris from the water. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sara Cendejas-Zarelli, left, and Michael Sheldon of Lower Elwha Klallam Fisheries pull an abandoned shopping cart from the bottom of Port Angeles Harbor beneath City Pier on Tuesday as part of an effort to remove derelict crab pots and other debris from the water. The cleanup, held in conjunction with the Feiro Marine Life Center, utilized divers to attach ropes to refuse beneath the pier and a topside crew to hoist items from the water for later disposal.

Shopping carts, derelict crab pots and a tire were among the debris pulled from beneath Port Angeles City Pier on Tuesday.

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal fisheries specialist Dave Manson with Cendejas-Zarelli and Sheldon pull a damaged shopping cart and a derelict crab pot over the rail after divers attach ropes to the objects beneath Port Angeles City Pier on Tuesday.

A dive boat provides support during Tuesday’s efforts to pull submerged debris from the water.

A cleanup crew with, from left, Feiro Marine Life Center Facilities Director Tamara Galvan, Mason, Cendejas-Zarelli and Sheldon attempt to pull up heavy debris.

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