Our mission is to protect the habitat of Puget Sound tidelands from the underregulated expansion of new and intensive shellfish aquaculture methods. These methods were never anticipated when the Shoreline Management Act was passed. They are transforming the natural tideland ecosystems in Puget Sound and are resulting in a fractured shoreline habitat. In South Puget Sound much of this has been done with few if any meaningful shoreline permits and with limited public input. It is exactly what the Shoreline Management Act was intended to prevent.

Get involved and contact your elected officials to let them you do not support aquaculture's industrial transformation of Puget Sound's tidelands.

Governor Inslee:

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

"the ideal Christmas present for your favorite regulator"

Created in part through a $160,000 grant from NOAA, "Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment" is being promoted by the shellfish industry as "the ideal Christmas present for your favorite regulator."  In response, the Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association has ordered 26, presumably to pass out as gifts to their favorite regulator.  If you aren't a "favorite regulator" they are available for $219.95.
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0813814138,descCd-authorInfo.html

The caveat to those regulators fortunate enough to receive one, or with a budget line large enough to order one, is it was created by and for the shellfish industry to promote their business.

Section 5, Science, of Executive Order 13563, relating to "Scientific Integrity" reads: "...each agency shall ensure the objectivity of any scientific and technological information and processes used to support the agency's regulatory actions."   Good words to include in your thank-you card.
Posted by Protect Our Shoreline at 4:48 PM

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