Diver uncovers devastating threat lurking beneath surface of ocean: 'There's always a bone pile'

Diver uncovers devastating threat lurking beneath surface of ocean: 'There's always a bone pile'

Every weekend, Bourton Scott suits up and dives into the ocean — not to fish, but to clean up what's been left behind. What he pulls from the water is something most people never see, but it's quietly doing damage all along British Columbia's coast. What's happening? Scott, a commercial diver and part-time conservationist based in Ladysmith, a small town on the east coast of Vancouver Island, is focused on recovering "ghost gear," the fishing ne…