Because the OILSANDS were a great success, Collwell. Relieved to hear that open net salmon farms fare “Documenting”:
• Disease and parasite outbreaks
• Inadequate protection for nets from storms in bays where low flushingdoes not protect water quality
and human populations
• Waste swept toward sensitive shores by major storm events
• Higher water temperatures in hurricane season causing salmon deaths
• “Dead’ zone created by the fish farm
• Fouling of fishing grounds with decomposing salmon manure.
• Untreated fish waste, the equivalent of human excrement sewage for 10,000 to 12,000 people
• Nuisance algae thrive, and marine habitat is degraded
In Jeopardy:
• the fishing of lobster, mackerel, herring, and crab and employment
• the harvesting of Irish Moss
• navigation passes
• Iconic views, pristine beaches, unspoiled ecology – a massive tourism draw, on which Nova Scotia depends economically. Over 2 .2 million visitors to Nova Scotia a year – Will these pens take tourism jobs from us as well? Give your head a shake, and stop this disaster waiting to happen! Goodbye Cermaq.