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DBW Director Resigns
The Sacramento Bee has reported that DBW Director Raynor T. Tsuneyoshi resigned from his post effective April 16, 2010. "He made the decision to leave the department for personal reasons," DBW spokeswoman Gloria Sandoval said. Deputy Director Lucia Becerra is now the Acting Director according to the DBW website.
Read more at: http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2010/04/boating-and-waterways-chief-re.html#ixzz0qwZw98YP
Operation Clean Sweep in Santa Barbara Harbor
On Saturday May 8th, the City of Santa Barbara conducted its fourth annual Operation Clean Sweep, during which 35 divers and dock workers removed 3,000 pounds of seafloor junk from different areas of the harbor. This year, they focused on dive-boat docks and the main City Pier where fishermen unload. To date, this brings the total of junk removed from Santa Barbara Harbor via “Clean Sweep” to 15,000 pounds.
This year’s participants included NOAA, SB Surfrider, Maritime Museum, SB Channelkeeper, Salty Dog Dive Service and many volunteers from Santa Barbara's boating community. Sea-urchin divers were particularly helpful, cleaning areas beneath their leased docks in front of the Waterfront building and beneath the Fuel Dock and City Pier. Their sense of responsibility and stewardship was much appreciated.
Debris removed included wire traps, fish receivers, tires, pipes, bicycles, bottles, cable, diving equipment and two marine batteries. (Over four years, Operation Clean Sweep has removed a total of five marine batteries from the harbor.) Next year, Clean Sweep will shift to Marina 1, as we reach the half-way point in the Department’s initial 10-year effort to “sweep” all marinas free of seafloor debris.
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