Tag Archives: On the Grand Banks
‘Good God! What in the heck was that?” A long-nosed chimaera!
A fisherman got quite the fright recently when he hauled in a strange creature with his catch. Garry Goodyear, from the town of Templeman, N.L., on the north side of Bonavista Bay, was fishing for turbot on the Grand Banks last week. He said the nets were down about 460 fathoms deep — more than 800 metres — and when the crew hauled them up later that afternoon, they all got a shock. “We’re hauling away, and by and by, I seen this coming around the roller. I said, ‘Good God! What in the heck was that?'” Goodyear said. “I’ve never seen nothing like that before!” “I found out that it was a long-nosed chimaera,” he said. >click to read< 10:07
On the Grand Banks – Hibernia platform oil leak curbs production
An oil leak at the site of the Hibernia offshore platform on the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland has resulted in a significant downturn in oil production.Workers reported a small leak on Dec. 18. Hibernia management company officials said it happened in a valve that is part of the rig’s offloading system. Only 10 litres of crude oil spilled at the time, and no oil sheens were spotted on the water at that time. Read more@cbcnews 12:10
