We are proud to share with you these press reports about ODA’s activities.
Because one of our primary goals is to educate the public, we seek to always document our work with video and photography. Our ability to record man-made ocean damage, and our efforts to remove it, allows us to provide this information to the media with the goal of educating people and inspiring action.
We hope you will read, learn, and share what you find here, and be inspired to become involved!
We are proud to share with you these press reports about ODA’s activities.
Because one of our primary goals is to educate the public, we seek to always document our work with video and photography. Our ability to record man-made ocean damage, and our efforts to remove it, allows us to provide this information to the media with the goal of educating people and inspiring action.
We hope you will read, learn, and share what you find here, and be inspired to become involved!
January 4, 2013 - Orange County Register Online
Local divers go after 'killing machine' nets
January 4, 2013 - Orange County Register Online
5 Questions with ... ODA Captain Kurt Lieber
December 22, 2012
Scuba divers to remove fishing net entangled on shipwrecked barge
March 29, 2012 - KNBC - Los Angeles
Whale Rescues Sometimes End Badly
March 2, 2012 - Daily Breeze - Orange Country
Volunteer divers clear nets lethal to marine life from shipwrecks
January 21, 2012 - San Diego Reader
Ghost-Net Recovery Off Point Loma
January 16, 2012 - 10New.com - San Diego
Divers Remove Abandoned Fishing Gear Off SD Coast
January 1, 2012 - SDNews.com - San Diego
Defending the oceans: nonprofit volunteers tackle submerged debris
August 30, 2011 - NBC - San Diego
August 27, 2011 - N. County Times - San Diego
Divers group works to retrieve abandoned fishing gear
July 13, 2011 - Fox5 - San Diego
Divers retrieve 'ghost nets' to save marine life
July 14, 2011 - KFMB TV - San Diego
Divers scour ocean floor for abandoned fishing nets
July 2011 - 10News.com - San Diego
Divers To Remove 'Ghost Nets' On Ocean Floor
July 12, 2011 - 10New.com - San Diego
300 Pounds Of 'Ghost Nets' Removed From Ocean Floor
July 12, 2011 - Sign on San Diego
Ghost net removal the goal of local divers
July 11, 2011 - Orange County Register
“Ghost net” hunters hit the water Tuesday
January 12, 2009 - LA Times
Divers cut away at net that has been killing marine life
January 14, 2009 - NPR "All Things Considered" (audio)
Group Removes Net Off Santa Catalina Island
California Coast & Ocean, Volume 25, No. 1, 2009
Pulling Out the Junk: Diver Kurt Lieber battles derelict gear
January 9, 2009 - Orange County Register
'Killer' net attacked by divers off Catalina Island
March 3, 2009 - California Diving News
Deadly Abandoned Net Removed by Volunteer Divers
Orange County CoastKeeper Magazine, Volume 7 (PDF)
Derelict Nets and Traps: Searching for the unseen and unregulated fisher
January 13, 2009 - Ventura County Star
Volunteers slice up sunken boat's fish-killing net
January 12, 2009 - KOLO 8 TV
Sunken Trawler Net Tackled By Volunteer Divers
March 27, 2009 - Supreme Master TV (video)
Ocean Defenders Alliance: Protecting the Waters and Its Inhabitants
ODA eliminates dangerous man-made debris which pose serious threats to ocean wildlife and habitats.
