This float congregation was recently discovered on Washaway Beach (WA).
Does anyone recognize this assemblage of uniquely-shaped floats? We would like to use the information in an effort to identify the encrusting organism!
You can see two boots in the next photo for scale:
Reply below or email coasst@uw.edu with your guesses and suspicions. Thank you as always for sharing your expertise!
I’d guess that it is a gillnet from Japan or SE Asia. See similar floats: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R6PB0zDVwPU/SeUcfrJB0tI/AAAAAAAABFg/K02vnpgW0tk/s1600-h/Old+gillnet+floats+Peisar+Alaska.JPG
The organisms could be from there or anywhere in between.
Squid lines? are there lights in the floats ar anything else?