The PDN continues it’s coverage of the Mystery Bay shellfish controversy. While I appreciate the tribes stance, and also tend to agree that there are probably too many boats and buoys in there, I haven’t read of any science to say that the boats are actually the problem. Likely the source of the problem will be shown to be something else, like failing septic systems, warming waters, changing water chemistry,etc. Most boaters don’t dump overboard, especially while tied up. Also, the type of folks tying up out there, which tend to be ‘old timers’ in the area, usually know better.
6/16 Peninsula Daily News -Inner Mystery Bay to stay open to commercial shellfishing, state official says-By Jeff Chew
Peninsula Daily News
NORDLAND — A state Department of Health official assured his audience that the inner waters of Mystery Bay would remain open to commercial shellfish harvests, but the outer bay would likely be closed later this summer.
“Our plan is to have no classification of the inner bay,” said Bob Woolrich, growing area program manager for the office of shellfish and water protection.
Woolrich made the remarks to about 100 people Monday night in a meeting that brought together state, county and tribal agencies.
The state has been considering reclassifying the Mystery Bay commercial shellfish growing area as prohibited or conditional, which could have led to closure of the inner bay.
There’s more to the story at
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090616/news/306169995
Filed under: First Nations, Shellfish | Tagged: Mystery Bay oysters, Shellfish |
As an individual who loves to eat seafood, I may now have to wonder to myself, if it has been impacted at all by any of the oil spill? Regrettably, I did not sense that the government is truly being entirely honest with the public. I think they are reducing the considerable impact that this oil spill will have on our food supply. One more key concern that I’ve is what will take place if a hurricane hits the gulf of Mexico? Let’s anticipate that a hurricane the same in potency to hurricane Katrina, was to hit the gulf of Mexico, wouldn’t that system suck up all with the oil and send it right across the land? Wouldn’t that cause a disastrous destruction?