Scraped, burned & buried

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Scott Malvitch uses a propane torch to kill any remaining life forms after other ODFW personnel scraped the Japanese dock section that washed ashore at Agate Beach this week clean of seaweed and other marine organisms. Concern about potential invasive species among the estimated ton and a half of biomass on the dock prompted the Thursday morning effort. Oregon State University phycologist Gayle Hansen examines seaweed removed from the concrete and steel Japanese dock section. Hansen is preserving and cataloging the different algae found on the structure.(Photos by Larry Coonrod)

Agate Beach tsunami debris causes concerns for state officials, scientists

After Oregon State University scientists discovered potential invasive species attached to the tsunami debris at Agate Beach, state officials moved quickly to destroy the nearly a ton and a half of marine organisms covering the concrete and steel float.









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