NATURE

Sea, land, river

PEOPLES

Community

For earlier materials see Table of Contents

June 8^th	City Council meeting
	Tonight

Naikun Wind Energy project

The material is at the PR library, but also on line –

As is common for these Env Assessments – lots of previously published baseline data compiled for Hecate – Birds, Marine Mammals etc–

At left is from their study of where the undersea cable will go and what ‘substrate’ the cable will have to be laid on or in --- note the diversity of materials including extensive bed rock

Another one of their figs

Here I am interested in the section shown by the yellow arrow – there looks to be an area of deep water (where corals are usually found) that extends down to Porcher Island – the Naikun cable appears to miss this area

From NaiKun Wind Project EA which was presented at Crest June 3^rd (link to documents)

More later

Blue arrow is where Rupert fish companies want to dump fish offal this summer – H is Hanmer Island buoy in Brown Passage --- I suggest site never intended for organic matter nor even decomposable solid matter

Note too NOAA is forecasting transition to El Nino conditions with transition commencing now

Monday June 8^th is Oceans Day – WWF at Lester Center 6-9PM

And to celebrate Oceans Day, Canadian Fish Company wants to dump 6000 metric tonnes of fish offal into Brown Passage this summer--- cheaper than putting it thru a reduction plant – permits are being sought --- How to make your own Dead Zone – as Industrial Fishery reduces once bountiful sea to Jelly fish ‘crop’

Thus won’t all that fish waste produce hypoxia (low to no dissolved oxygen) when the organic matter tries to break down? ---- Here is some background on Hypoxia: What causes Hypoxia

For the oceans more generally see review of Canadian journalist A Mitchell’s book Sea Sick