LOS ANGELES — Divers are removing hundreds of old tires, plastic jugs and other junk that was dumped off the Southern California coast nearly 30 years ago by a man who thought he was helping the ocean environment. The cleanup began last week off of Newport Beach, the California Coastal Commission announced Wednesday. It’s very good for the fish.”But his research was “deeply flawed,” according to the Coastal Commission. Over the years, the Coastal Commission and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife kept tabs on the reef. Since then, divers have been pulling tires from the water at the rate of about 100 a day, according to the commission.

Source: National Post October 19, 2017 00:10 UTC