On December 9th, 2006, the fishing vessel Chevelle discarded 283 commercial crab pots at the Chetco River bar mouth (Brookings) during heavy weather. Many of these crab pots drifted shoreward, threatening surf access and littering the beach. For over a month, Surfrider activists on the south coast worked with agency staff and community leaders to … Continue reading Crab Pot Removal in Brookings