Posts made in October, 2014
New Presentations from Scientists Abundantly Demonstrate Impacts of Puget Sound Aquaculture
These presentations were given before the Pierce County Hearings Examiner in September, 2014. Jim Johannessen, Coastal Geologic Services, Inc. — Coastal Geomorphology and Coastal Geology Analysis of Proposed Haley (Taylor Shellfish, Seattle Shellfish) Geoduck Farm, Pierce County, WA Jim Brennen, Marine Habitat Specialist at University of Washington – Assessment of Known, Apparent, and Likely Impacts Associated with Geoduck Mariculture, with Emphasis on the Proposed Haley Shellfish...
Read MoreBainbridge Citizens Stand Up to WA Dept of Ecology
Bainbridge SMP Aquaculture Challenged The Washington State Department of Ecology has substituted greatly weakened regulations on commercial aquaculture in the Bainbridge Island Shoreline Master Program update. After four years of work by citizens, the city’s Planning Commission and City Council, the Department of Ecology required changes in the SMP to allow industrial aquaculture on almost 100% of the island’s shorelines. A group of concerned Bainbridge Island residents thinks this is not right. Bainbridge Island community members are the first shoreline community to appeal Ecology’s overreach. Here is a powerful and informative presentation they have produced. You...
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