[Coral-List] Bleaching Havens

[Todd Barber]

Hi Alex,

Seriously, are you advocating the sinking of dirty ships as a way of 
reducing coral bleaching?  Come on, let's think about this....are you saying 
Miami should have accepted PBCs in excess of EPA standards, the risk of a 
large ship moving and destroying nearby natural reefs, and spent millions of 
dollars, all in hopes that it would redirect some cold water (likely 
disturbing the natural environment)  to stop corals from bleaching?  Even if 
that would work (which I am NOT saying it would) who in their right minds 
would want to have a ship that could move in a storm close enough to a coral 
reef to have an effect?

If you want ships for diving opportunites in Miami, then just say so...you 
don't have to hide it by trying to justify how a ship would stop coral 
bleaching.  Whatever we do to our oceans, we need to be clear about the real 
goals we are trying to achieve otherwise we will just confuse the public. 
If you want to support ship sinking, then do so for the right 
reasons....diving opportunities, economic enhancement but don't exagerate 
the uses.

Thanks,

Todd Barber
Chairman Reef Ball Foundation, Inc.
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Thanks,

Todd Barber
Chairman Reef Ball Foundation, Inc.
3305 Edwards Court
Greenville, NC 27858
reefball at reefball.com

http://www.artificialreefs.org
http://www.reefball.org
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Brylske at aol.com>
To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Bleaching Havens



In a message dated 4/11/06 11:20:38 AM, dustanp at cofc.edu writes:


> Hi Apul,
> In some places where there are currents, one could consider sinking a
> ship that would actr as a foil to direct water from deeper depths up
> into the shallow reef areas. For example, why not sink an aging aircraft
> carrier with its flight deck oriented to direct an upwelling event from
> say 50-90 meters?
>
> Phil
>
>

Too bad the folks in Dade County didn't think of this when they were
jockeying for the aircraft carrier Oriskany. They might not have lost out to
Pensacola. And given that the mothball fleet has more carriers, it might be 
a good idea
for those in the tourism sector to follow up on this idea.

Alex Brylske
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