Haley/Seattle Shellfish-Taylor Shellfish Geoduck Farm: Presentations from Shorelines Hearings Board Hearing Availabe

Get involved. Become aware of what is happening

to Puget Sound's critical marine habitat

and why the Haley/SS/TS Permit

should be denied.

 

Area proposed to be transformed

into a geoduck farm.

 

Presentations from the Shorelines Hearings Board expert witnesses are available on-line through links provided below.

 

It's not grandpa Taylor's oyster farm

Become more aware of how aquaculture has stepped far beyond its past benign activities to those which can only be described as "industrial." Below are links to various presentations made before the SHB by the Coalition to Protect Puget Sound Habitat's witnesses in support of why the permit for this farm should be denied and a cumulative impacts analysis should be required.

 

See why current proposals are not in the state wide interest

Get involved. Become aware. These activities are not in the state wide interest nor should they in any way be considered a "preferred use" of Washington's critical marine habitat. File sizes are noted, some large, but the information contained is invaluable.

 

Presentations

Jim Johannessen - coastal geomorphology and sediment transport (11mb pdf file)
http://coalitiontoprotectpugetsoundhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/johannessen-haley-20150223.pdf

 

James Brennan - impacts from geoduck farming, focused on Haley proposal (5mb file)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7ftnf9p5o5e99j/Brennan-pptSHB3.pdf?dl=0

 

Charles Moore - plastic pollution (17mb file)
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=6C46FDD5E8941579!117&ithint=file%2cpptx&app=PowerPoint&authkey=!ADS4euTc-PQ6Rno

 

Dr. Gary Ritchie - on Seagrant's Dr. Van Blaricom's study lacking in statistical rigor (Dr. Van Blaricom's study is often quoted by the shellfish industry as "proof" there is no harm to habitat) (less than 1mb)
http://coalitiontoprotectpugetsoundhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ritchie2.pdf

 

Slide shows of what is happening now

South Sound Aquaculture Pictures - side show of how south Puget Sound's critical marine habitat is being transformed by intensive aquaculture (8mb file)
http://1drv.ms/1FzSZJ4

 

Burley Lagoon Aquaculture Pictures - how Taylor Shellfish is "intensifying" aquaculture activities in Burley Lagoon (15mb file)
http://1drv.ms/18rFz89  

 

Get involved

Get involved - become aware of what is happening to Puget Sound's critical marine habitat. The shellfish industry is and they have money and motivation to transform Puget Sound's critical marine habitat into their vision, devoid of native species they consider "pests."