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by Founder and President Kurt Lieber
Watch a great short video by our awesome volunteer Walter Marti:
With the end of the lobster season six weeks behind us, we headed out to Palos Verdes under a sunless sky on Sunday, April 28th to remove abandoned traps which I knew were likely left behind by fishermen and still ensnaring animals.
Onboard were many longtime and trusted divers: Steve Millington (dive team coordinator), Andy The, Shingo Ishida, Billy Arcila, John Krieger, Walter Marti (videographer), and Dudley McLaughlin (still photographer). Rounding out the crew were Jim Lieber (1st Mate) and Roger Russell.
Steve, Andy, and Shingo brought along some underwater scooters to help them cover more ground in our search for abandoned lobster traps. That bulky equipment coupled with all the camera gear and many volunteers, made the boat feel a lot smaller than her 40-foot length.
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by Founder and President Kurt Lieber
In 2010, I attended the Ocean Blue Film Festival, held every other year in Monterey, CA. It's a rare film festival that concentrates solely on issues related to our oceans, and I've met some incredible people there over the years. People like Hank Ballard, Alexandra Cousteau, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Mike DeGruy, David Guggenheim, Howard and Michelle Hall, Bob Talbot, J. Nichols…the list goes on.
In addition to all these people that are known throughout the world, I've had the chance to meet some of the cameramen (and women) who are doing their best to document and share the beauty of our water world.
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