Gulf NS Herring and SOSS Sea submission – CNLOPB – 3
Submission to Western NL Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) by Gulf NS Herring Federation and Save Our Seas and Shores, October 22, 2012. Authors Greg Egilsson (President – Gulf NS Herring Federation) and Mary Gorman (Save Our Seas and Shores). The 5 page submission critiques the flawed public process, which falls far short of what Environment Minister Peter Kent ordered, and addresses:
- the historical involvement of Save Our Seas and Shores in protecting the Gulf from oil and gas development
- background facts on the inshore fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
- precautionary principle
- current science and knowledge gaps about the ecosystem
- mitigation myths