Tag Archives: Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary
WTF?!!! A mile wide toxic waste site sits on the ocean floor near Stellwagen Bank
About 19 miles east of Boston Harbor, beside a national marine sanctuary that’s home to one of the world’s richest fishing grounds, lies one of the nation’s largest offshore dumping sites of radioactive waste.,,, David Wiley, the sanctuary’s research coordinator, led a seminal study of the area in the early 1990s. His report, which found that the federal government kept few records of what was dumped there, estimated that there could be as many as 80,000 barrels of toxic waste, most from hospitals, universities, and companies throughout the region. At least 4,000 of them were thought to contain radioactive waste, from the same sources >click to read< 09:11
•Locating cod spawning grounds is critical to rebuilding stocks, and ‘torpedoes’ are helping scientists to find them.
Sitting half-submerged in the ocean east of Scituate, the canary-yellow glider with swept-back wings looked like little more than someone’s errant model plane. Appearances can be deceiving, especially in this electronic age where more and more sophisticated technology is being loaded into ever smaller and sleeker packages. Read the rest here 19:23
Proposed restrictions on Stellwagen Bank could sink fishermen – “In order for us to be effective, we must speak with one united voice,”
With a view of Green Harbor in the distance nearly 200 fishermen met at Haddad’s Ocean Café to discuss the future of their livelihood and what actions they could take to protect its longevity. At issue were proposals before the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) to establish further restrictions in the Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary, an area critical to the success of local fishermen. more@wickedlocal 09:49
