snapper spot stuffed by oil im p@$%ed

[FNQCairns]

a friend just sent me a text, he's up at the cape helping some animals and he's taking photo's so far hes found 4 turtle a few shags alot of whitting and dart, about 15 squiry snapper, travally, bream and 2 jew anlong with a sh%t load of rock crabs and thats all hes been able to see at one part of the beach im heading over this sarv to hopefully get up the cape tonight, i dont wanna know what else will wash up...

Don't panic unless you want to of coarse, a fraction of a % of any species V area does not a disaster make, there will be casualties....probably less than a few trawlers bycatch over the same time period as it's worst, but it will amount to nothing of environmental consequence, good for a beat up though.

Personally I feel sorry for the birds, turtles, crabs and pipis, the even lower orders is where the mass killings are...all along the sand esp, it will all come back as good as new and fast too, it being summer is a help.



cheers fnq

[Seahorse]

u amaze me fnq.
this is the second thread that i have read where, you dont seem to give 2 shits.
if cairns is where u are, maybe if its in ur back yard, attitude may be different.
what a clown.

[FNQCairns]

You sound like the end of the world is nigh! It's lucky the clowns know what the reality and basic (yes basic) science of this episode is about or else the children at the party would all need Ritalin laced birthday cake to stop them spinning out of control.

cheers fnq

[4x4frog]

They really need to throw the whole court at the goose piloting this ship and it's crew.
looks to me like money came far ahead of safety and environment in this case.

[Mike Delisser]

ive also heard that there wont be a cleanup because its to far away and it wont impact anyone because its remote and they hope the weather just breaks the oil up, this makes me angry, i wonder how long a place takes to return to it glory or if it ever will

Where did you hear that Jack?????

[lampuki]

To those planning to go to moreton, take note that the news reports did mention that the island MAY close for a small period of time.

FNQ, thanks for your input, I hope you assesment is an accurate one. This event does show how completey unprepared we are for an environmental catrosphe. An event such as an oil spill only 7nm offshore allows little time for any meaningful intervention.

I seriously hope this event does not go to waste on the policy makers.

[TimiBoy]

FNQ is spot on the money. I agree this is an awful thing to have happened, and that who is responsible must be nailed to the wall. I feel for the birds, fish and plant life that will die slowly and horribly.

But it will prove to be very short term. In a few weeks it'll be nothing but a distant memory in the tiny brains of the greens, who will beat it up and remind us all constantly of the dangers inherent in conducting business. God knows they might talk about pollution in the Bay. Geeze, they might start sounding like us for a change!!!

They'd much rather we grew tofu and palm oil, and rode ricketty old bicycles around the planet, and bought a bark canoe (from a dead tree of course).

Oil's going to be metabolised quickly by bacteria, and the spill is nowhere near large enough to cause population effects on anything other than a local basis. They will be replaced very quickly. This ol' planet is a LOT more robust than many would have us believe...

Chin up peeps, it's always darkest before the dawn!

Tim

[timddo]

All is fine. Expect the part where the EPA gave permission of the ship to wash down all the ammonia nitrate spilled on the ship into the bay.... The ship was moored in the bay and washed in the bay?? At least wash it in the ocean far away.

[rogerb]

I saw the results of two big tankers that ran aground and lost all their cargo of crude oil (Tory Canyon and Amoco Cadiz). After the initial mess it was amazing how well everything recovered, yes there will be an immediate effect on wildlife but although this looks bad in a years time all you will be able to find is a bit of tar on the rocks. Dispersant is about the worse thing you can use as the oil sinks and the dispersant kills fish.

[CreelReaper]

Mate, that is some awesome looking water. I would think though that with time it will return itself to its pristine look. Nature is wonderful at doing what it does naturally.....might even be better.

Shane

[Ready Jet Go]

http://qccqld.org.au/Moreton-oil-spi...egulation.html Here is a bit more info and where to volunteer if you feel like it. I want to do anthying I can to help even if its small.

[TheRealAndy]

MY old man was telling me tonight that he watched a doco on the exxon valdez oil spill. Apparently the areas where they used dispersant and chemicals to this day have not recovered. The areas that recovered without human intervention are now back to normal... Not sure what doco it was, but i would like to see it.

[Dantren]

Had enough of the verbal diahorrea.
I just volunteered to help via the epa website.

Less talk..... More action!!!!!!

[FNQCairns]

That's good for you, just don't do more environmental damage just being there/getting there than the good you can do cleaning what's visually unappealing away.

cheers fnq

[STUIE63]

my thoughts are if we are going to believe the EPA scientists and greenies on this little spill ( the way I read some of the comments in this and other threads is that this ship was a super tanker bigger than the exxon valdez not just a small freighter that lost a little of it's fuel )then you should also believe the same scientists in relation to fish stocks .
Don't forget the media will show the worst pics that they can get because the reason there is news on television is not to tell people what happened but to sell advertising .
nature will heal itself
think of all the ships that have sunk over the years if it didn't then there would be spots of total destruction everywhere
Stuie