Homemade raft or barge in Kaiuma Bay (near Havelock) In the Marlborough Sounds.
Photo: SUPPLIED/ PETE WILKINSON
Te Hoiere/Pelorus Sound resident Pete Wilkinson noticed chunks of the controversial polymer in the water while kayaking in Kaiuma Bay last week and traced it to a raft.
Wilkinson said the split-level raft, tied together by rope, looked to be made from old polystyrene panels and wooden planks. A 15-horsepower outboard had been attached to the raft s smaller platform. There had been no attempt made to seal off the edges of the raft, so the polystyrene was being exposed to the wind and the waves. While I was there the little raft bumped up against the larger one and knocked bits of polystyrene off.
Sizewell C nuclear plant could kill 500m fish, campaigners say
Environmental groups claim planned Suffolk power station will devastate marine life and key bird habitat,
Guardian,
More than 500 million fish, including protected species, could be sucked into the cooling system of a proposed £20bn nuclear power plant in Suffolk if construction goes ahead, environmental campaigners say.
A local campaign group, Together Against Sizewell C (Tasc), claims the subsequent deaths of millions of fish is “inhumane and unacceptable” and flies in the face of the government’s green agenda. Also opposing the development, the bird conservation group RSPB expressed concern over predicted levels of fish loss on the marine birds that feed on them…….
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More than 500 million fish, including protected species, could be sucked into the cooling system of a proposed £20bn nuclear power plant in Suffolk if construction goes ahead, environmental campaigners say.
A local campaign group, Together Against Sizewell C (Tasc), claims the subsequent deaths of millions of fish is “inhumane and unacceptable” and flies in the face of the government’s green agenda. Also opposing the development, the bird conservation group RSPB expressed concern over predicted levels of fish loss on the marine birds that feed on them.
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), a government agency, has assessed the marine impacts of the plant and said it was confident the mortality rates caused by Sizewell C would be “sustainable” and the impact on the wider marine community “insignificant”.
TASC chairman Pete Wilkinson
- Credit: sarah lucy brown Cefas’ stated aim is ‘to help keep our seas, oceans and rivers healthy and productive, and our seafood safe and sustainable’. Instead, it seems that Cefas appears quite at ease with itself presiding over the deaths of millions of fish, and clearly feels the huge number of fish deaths is acceptable, in that the overall health of fish stocks will not be compromised.
Sizewell C said it did not recognise TASC s figures, adding: “Our assessments show that the fish impacted are mainly sprat and herring. The intake of these species by Sizewell C is 0.01% of the stock in the area.
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