Monday 3 October 2016

Impending disaster for common Dolphin Nursery area

Get ready! for stranded cetaceans!!!
Big time seismic activity in the area we have recorded superpods of Common Dolphins this is outrageous!!! see...

https://www.facebook.com/Sea-Trust-532791560088466/

We have just had information that the Seismic survey vessel WG Magellan is at the moment active in the Celtic Deep an area we know to be an internationally important nursery area for Common Dolphins where we have encountered super-pods on several occasions. It is also a feeding area for Fin Whales and Minke whales and may well be a breeding ground for both as well....
The MV Magellan will be causing massive acoustic disturbance of a type known to be dangerous to cetaceans and other marine life.

This is a statement i by OGA (See Below) issued on Face Book regarding the project....OGA = Ogre ??? quaint eh, who thought that one up?) see...
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded contracts for the second UK Government funded £20 million ($26.6M) seismic campaign to promote under explored areas of UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)
The acquisition is due to begin in July, subject to receiving the relevant environmental approvals, and will be supplemented by selective reprocessing of legacy seismic datasets.

... so that's it ....
These areas are also under explored with regards their importance to our marine life. Consequently this vessel could be doing massive damage to sensitive areas and whoever is responsible for having given environmental approvals has no idea of the environmental situation.
20 million spent on searching for fossil fuels and nothing  spent on conservation based exploration, Heaven help us!
We have done our best and raised-awareness as much as possible. Only this week we were featured on BBC "Coast" filming nursery pods of Common Dolphins in the Celtic Deep...
This time two years ago we took the BBC1 Oneshow out there and showed them hundreds of Dolphins out there ..
Have they got environmental  permission from Natural Resources Wales? or Natural England?