Two children check out the gooseneck barnacles growing on the bottom of a plastic fish bin discovered on Sunset Beach in Warrenton, Ore. The bin is believed to be debris from the Japanese tsunami. | AP Photo/The Daily Astorian, Alex Pajunas
Val Bouey, of White Rock, British Columbia, stoops to observe and photograph the gooseneck barnacles growing on a nearly 7-foot buoy found on Sunset Beach in Warrenton, Ore., on Monday, June 11, 2012. | AP Photo/The Daily Astorian, Alex Pajunas
Children investigate the aquatic life growing on the base of the fishing bin that washed up on Sunset Beach in Warrenton, Ore. The bin, with Japanese writing on it, is believed to be debris from the tsunami. | AP Photo/The Daily Astorian, Alex Pajunas
Sue Odierno, of Salishan, Ore., looks at the massive dock from Japan that washed ashore on Agate Beach near Newport, Ore. There is concern that tsunami debriscould be a new avenue for invasive species arriving on the West Coast . | AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Thousands of people are flocking to see a Japanese dock that was torn loose by last year’s tsunami and ended up on an Oregon beach. But it won’t stay a tourist attraction for long. Some local residents and callers to the Oregon Department of Parks …
