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Daniel Mills - June 12, 2011 at 12:01:50 Based on past dealings with Mr.Belliveau, and his reassurances that giant wind-catchers would "have no effect on the environment", i.e. to say, the people of Waterford,Rossway,and Gullivers Cove on Digby Neck, it is laughable that he would expect us to accept that there will be "no adverse effects on the environment" in the Baie Ste Marie or the Bay of Fundy because, as he say's: "I believe in the science." (I used to believe in Fairy Tales when I was little; didn't most of us? But in time we learned that they are not true...Mr. Belliveau and Aesop seem to be coming from a similiar place and appear to hold the monopoly on myth,) It is even more interesting that Mr.Haise would say: " The last thing we want is for people in the communities to be pitted against one another" and a claim that they have been Nova Scotia for a long time. Mr. Haise cannot have had his eyes and ears wide open.....or else his head buried in the sand. That's exactly how politics is done in Nova Scotia: small town/district Municipal Councils courting all and any business that comes around behind closed doors, and when the consumation has transpired, the commercial embryo is imposed and inflicted on an unsuspecting public, to be followed by lip-service consultations of a sort which effectively mean nothing....while sides are taken,lies are spoken, and false promises for countless jobs which never happen. Those in the line of fire naturally will react negatively because there are so many unanswered questions, while those who will not see or feel the effects jump on board.......and another war begins. Divide and Conquer is the name; profits for corporations from afar and beyond haul in the dollars.
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moya murphy - June 12, 2011 at 11:57:46 The Minister of the Environment is short sighted (once again) re the salmon farms. The effluent from this is disgusting, lice is rampant. Despite what they say about jobs they will be temporary with just one or two people throwing pellets into the cages. Cooke's aquaculture were refused permission to put in such huge farms in New Brunswick which is why they turned to Nova Scotia. I don't understand how they can lease part of the ocean, surely the ocean belongs to everyone. A sad day for the residents of the Islands and the Digby Neck. Moya
Showing posts with label Digby Neck Long Island Brier Island aquaculture fish farming. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Aquaculture Comments Invited
PUBLIC NOTICE
April 4,2011
Transport Canada is required to ensure that the screening is conducted in relation to the development
proposal: PROPOSED THAT AQUACULTURE SITES FOR THE CULTURE OF ATLANTIC SALMON
NEAR LONG ISLAND IN ST MARY'S BAY,NOVA SCOTIA .
The two proposed sites are located in the eastern shore of the southern end of Long Island. Each
Aquaculture site is approximately 540m by 780M (42.12ha), and will contain a 2 X 6 grid of 60 m.cells
and circular plastic cages. Each site will be used primarily to culture Atlantic salmon, with ten of the
twelve cells stocked at all times. The remaining two grid cells will be used to facilitate the transfer of'
fish to larger cages once they reach an appropriate size.
The public is invited to comment on the screen. Only submissions received by Transport Canada
by May 3, 2011 will be considered. Submissions may be sent in either official languages to
KEVIN LEBLANC
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
TRANSPORT CANADA
PO BOX 42, 95 FOUNDRY ST
MONCTON N.B.
ElC 8K6
facsimile : 506-851-7542
e-mail : kevin.leblanc@tc.gc.ca
All documents and/or comments received by Transport Canada regarding this Environmental Assess-
ment will be considered to be in the public domain, and will become part of the Public Registry for the
project.
Please quote the Project Title and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry
Reference Number, 10-01-55946, on all correspondence.
To obtain a copy of the screening,or for further information on the project, please contact Transport
Canada at the above address.
Participant funding is not available to facilitate public participation.
03-0068 (0308-02)
April 4,2011
Transport Canada is required to ensure that the screening is conducted in relation to the development
proposal: PROPOSED THAT AQUACULTURE SITES FOR THE CULTURE OF ATLANTIC SALMON
NEAR LONG ISLAND IN ST MARY'S BAY,NOVA SCOTIA .
The two proposed sites are located in the eastern shore of the southern end of Long Island. Each
Aquaculture site is approximately 540m by 780M (42.12ha), and will contain a 2 X 6 grid of 60 m.cells
and circular plastic cages. Each site will be used primarily to culture Atlantic salmon, with ten of the
twelve cells stocked at all times. The remaining two grid cells will be used to facilitate the transfer of'
fish to larger cages once they reach an appropriate size.
The public is invited to comment on the screen. Only submissions received by Transport Canada
by May 3, 2011 will be considered. Submissions may be sent in either official languages to
KEVIN LEBLANC
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
TRANSPORT CANADA
PO BOX 42, 95 FOUNDRY ST
MONCTON N.B.
ElC 8K6
facsimile : 506-851-7542
e-mail : kevin.leblanc@tc.gc.ca
All documents and/or comments received by Transport Canada regarding this Environmental Assess-
ment will be considered to be in the public domain, and will become part of the Public Registry for the
project.
Please quote the Project Title and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry
Reference Number, 10-01-55946, on all correspondence.
To obtain a copy of the screening,or for further information on the project, please contact Transport
Canada at the above address.
Participant funding is not available to facilitate public participation.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Spirited Meeting in Sandy Cove
Fish farm foes make points
Opponents ‘had to take over meeting’
By GORDON DELANEY Valley Bureau
Sat, Aug 28 - 4:53 AM
Andy Moir is a member of the Save Our Bays lobby group opposing proposed fish farms in the Digby Neck area. (Jim Meek)
Opponents of two controversial fish farms in the Digby Neck area had their say at a meeting Thursday night but still want more public consultation.
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department held an open house in Sandy Cove, where project foes insisted on expressing their concerns.
"It was a pretty interesting meeting," Andy Moir, a member of the Save Our Bays lobby group, said in an interview Friday.
"We told them that we weren’t interested in the meet-and-greet-style format, that we wanted to ask our questions and hear the answers."
The 150 people, including many local fishermen and representatives of the Bear River First Nation, gathered outside and walked in together. They then demanded to make their statements and ask their questions.
"Basically, we had to take over the meeting," said Moir, a resident of Freeport.
He said the group made its presentations in two hours.
Moir said the community wants more public consultation on a proposal submitted by Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd., a division of Cooke Aquaculture of New Brunswick, to operate two salmon farms in St. Marys Bay, Digby County.
Celeste Sulliman, spokeswoman for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, said the meeting was useful and productive.
"The process that we went in with was not the process that we ended up utilizing," she said of the meeting in an interview Friday.
"We responded to the wishes of the community. They really wanted a forum where they could ask questions publicly."
Sulliman said the department will continue to take written submissions. She added that while there is public opposition, there are also supporters.
"We will continue to assess all the submissions, along with the science and the facts," she said.
Cooke Aquaculture wants the two fish farms operational by next spring.
The proposed farms total 84 hectares and are under government review. Written submissions will be accepted until Sept. 16. If approved, it would be the largest salmon farm in the province. The two 42-hectare sites — one at Freeport, the other at Grand Passage — would each see one million salmon raised and harvested every three years, Mike Szemerda, vice-president of salt water operations for Cooke Aquaculture, said in a recent interview.
The company maintains the farms will create 20 jobs, but opponents say it is more likely about 10 jobs would result.
It already operates one fish farm in the area, between Briar and Long islands.
About 80 per cent of the approximately 1,000 residents in that area signed a petition against it. Residents are concerned about pollution from the fish farms, interference with the lobster fishery and the possible impact on whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Opponents ‘had to take over meeting’
By GORDON DELANEY Valley Bureau
Sat, Aug 28 - 4:53 AM
Andy Moir is a member of the Save Our Bays lobby group opposing proposed fish farms in the Digby Neck area. (Jim Meek)
Opponents of two controversial fish farms in the Digby Neck area had their say at a meeting Thursday night but still want more public consultation.
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department held an open house in Sandy Cove, where project foes insisted on expressing their concerns.
"It was a pretty interesting meeting," Andy Moir, a member of the Save Our Bays lobby group, said in an interview Friday.
"We told them that we weren’t interested in the meet-and-greet-style format, that we wanted to ask our questions and hear the answers."
The 150 people, including many local fishermen and representatives of the Bear River First Nation, gathered outside and walked in together. They then demanded to make their statements and ask their questions.
"Basically, we had to take over the meeting," said Moir, a resident of Freeport.
He said the group made its presentations in two hours.
Moir said the community wants more public consultation on a proposal submitted by Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd., a division of Cooke Aquaculture of New Brunswick, to operate two salmon farms in St. Marys Bay, Digby County.
Celeste Sulliman, spokeswoman for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, said the meeting was useful and productive.
"The process that we went in with was not the process that we ended up utilizing," she said of the meeting in an interview Friday.
"We responded to the wishes of the community. They really wanted a forum where they could ask questions publicly."
Sulliman said the department will continue to take written submissions. She added that while there is public opposition, there are also supporters.
"We will continue to assess all the submissions, along with the science and the facts," she said.
Cooke Aquaculture wants the two fish farms operational by next spring.
The proposed farms total 84 hectares and are under government review. Written submissions will be accepted until Sept. 16. If approved, it would be the largest salmon farm in the province. The two 42-hectare sites — one at Freeport, the other at Grand Passage — would each see one million salmon raised and harvested every three years, Mike Szemerda, vice-president of salt water operations for Cooke Aquaculture, said in a recent interview.
The company maintains the farms will create 20 jobs, but opponents say it is more likely about 10 jobs would result.
It already operates one fish farm in the area, between Briar and Long islands.
About 80 per cent of the approximately 1,000 residents in that area signed a petition against it. Residents are concerned about pollution from the fish farms, interference with the lobster fishery and the possible impact on whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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