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I agree. Seal Island also has a wreck on the shore and it has been interesting to watch it break down over the years.
Don
Don MacNeill
donmacneill@eastlink.ca
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From: Dusan Soudek
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Scatarie Island, wreck of MV Miner
The M.V. Miner wreck off Scatarie Island Wilderness Area? Is this truly an environmental issue? Or merely an aesthetic one? The ship is an empty bulk carrier, not a loaded oil tanker. According to the extensive media coverage, there has been no leakage from it, and the small supply of oil for its generator and its dirty ballast water had been pumped out. If this is correct and there are no other contaminants on board, why not just leave it where it is and let it gradually break up?
It will shade out the seaweeds directly under its hull, but provide new substrate for all kinds of marine animals and plants. Eventually it will break up, like the M.V. Fury on a shoal near Liscomb Island (Guysborough Co.), which ran aground in a hurricane in 1965. The Fury is the province's other recent large shipwreck. It is well known to local sea kayakers. My vote is to remove any remaining pollutants from the ship but to leave the wreck to its fate.
Dusan Soudek
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Boswell
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:56 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Scattarie Island
Hello everyone,
I am surprised at the lack of e-mail "chatter" on the subject of the ship that ran aground on Scattarie Island, Cape Breton. This must surely be a concern for the wildlife in the area. Can anyone enlighten us on what flora and fauna might be at risk if there is any contamination, be it fuel, oil or any other waste from the wreck?
Terry Boswell
Cork St., Halifax
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I agree. Seal Island also has a wreck on the shore
and it has been interesting to watch it break down over the years.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Don</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Don MacNeill<BR><A
href="mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca">donmacneill@eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca href="mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">Dusan
Soudek</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 12, 2011 8:27 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Scatarie Island, wreck of MV
Miner</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> The M.V. Miner wreck off
Scatarie Island Wilderness Area? Is this truly an environmental issue? Or merely
an aesthetic one? The ship is an empty bulk carrier, not a loaded oil
tanker. According to the extensive media coverage, there has been no
leakage from it, and the small supply of oil for its generator and its
dirty ballast water had been pumped out. If this is correct and there are no
other contaminants on board, why not just leave it where it is and let it
gradually break up?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> It will shade out the
seaweeds directly under its hull, but provide new substrate for all kinds of
marine animals and plants. Eventually it will break up, like the M.V. Fury on a
shoal near Liscomb Island (Guysborough Co.), which ran aground in a hurricane in
1965. The Fury is the province's other recent large shipwreck. It is well
known to local sea kayakers.</FONT><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> My vote
is to remove any remaining pollutants from the ship but to leave the wreck to
its fate. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
Terry Boswell
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Scattarie
Island</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Hello everyone,<BR> <BR>I am surprised at the lack of e-mail
"chatter" on the subject of the ship that ran aground on Scattarie Island,
Cape Breton. This must surely be a concern for the wildlife in the area. Can
anyone enlighten us on what flora and fauna might be at risk if there is any
contamination, be it fuel, oil or any other waste from the
wreck?<BR> <BR>Terry Boswell<BR>Cork St.,
Halifax<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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