We’ve just pulled out of Ventura Harbor on a unique search and rescue mission. We’re on a boat, headed to the Channel Islands, to rescue sea life trapped on the ocean floor.
Researchers say there are thousands of abandoned lobster traps off the Southern California coast. The traps can be a death sentence for lobsters and whatever other sea creatures are trapped inside.
“A ghost trap is a trap that’s been lost in one of our trap fisheries,” said Dr. Douglas McCauley. He’s Director of the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at UC Santa Barbara, and the leader of the expedition…