tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post2896791298545162587..comments2023-08-04T01:53:37.373+10:00Comments on Evacuation Grounds: Science panel looks at water, not sick fishGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16952473688008286364noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-37686548901064510392013-03-18T21:03:55.828+10:002013-03-18T21:03:55.828+10:00I'm no expert John CF and you could be right. ...I'm no expert John CF and you could be right. There is also a pic of a big shovel nose shark (ray) red all over, which was shown to former fisheries minister Craig Wallace during a media conference in Gladstone last year. Lyngbya or acid sulphate soils? Or possibly both. Now the GPC wants to spend $1.5 million promoting Gladstone seafood. I wouldn't buy it, want to catch it, or definitely not eat it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872846095279685146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-28792953507579104412013-03-18T20:51:34.119+10:002013-03-18T20:51:34.119+10:00Yes Rumsfeld, well, 100,000 plus civilian's ar...Yes Rumsfeld, well, 100,000 plus civilian's are said to be dead from that weapons of mass destruction bogey man hunt they now know they didn't know about.<br />Anyway, ignorance with intent is no excuse in a court of law, something like that.<br />I wonder what the panel will do.<br />This bit I will be watching:<br />(copied and pasted from above)<br />Mr Powell said the science panel was tasked with providing independent expert advice about the long term management of water quality in Gladstone Harbour . It would provide open, transparent, peer-reviewed science to the Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership.<br />(end copy and paste) <br /><br />Mikko what is your take on that red on the stingray in the photo above? It looks to me like it's brushed against lyngbya in water with low - almost nil visibility, the latter due to dredging or dumping of dredge spoil.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988640325092521226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-26095692218903255492013-03-18T18:54:04.644+10:002013-03-18T18:54:04.644+10:00As Donald Rumsfeld famously said a few years ago: ...As Donald Rumsfeld famously said a few years ago: There are known knowns; there are things we know we know.<br />We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know.<br />But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know. ”<br />—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. Maybe he could get a job with Tony Burke's department.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872846095279685146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-2656790101425494032013-03-18T18:46:15.778+10:002013-03-18T18:46:15.778+10:00Dr Eva Abal was the scientist who was with her ass...Dr Eva Abal was the scientist who was with her assistant together with an EPA manager and his assistant when I handed them deep dredging samples at an arranged meeting at Surfers Paradise during 2000. <br />It was the year the big lyngbya bloom wiped out the 30-40 sq km RAMSAR seagrass site in Moreton Bay, downstream from the Gold Coast. (It was after that event that lyngbya was identified causing damage in inshore waters of the Whitsundays, yes north of Gladstone).<br />The EPA man indicated he was very worried and he thanked me for the samples. I have since been told those samples have been 'lost'. But that loss was after Qld Uni did some tests on the samples and I was given a report citing high nutrient levels.<br />Dr Britte Schaffelke replied to my email when I asked in 2005 about all sources of nutrients entering GBR waters but that reply and a second reply asked me for more information but failed to answer my question. I emailed again but received no reply.<br />During 2008 I emailed Dr Schafellke among others about what may may be transported north by alongshore current from the Tasmanian pulp mill. I attached quite an amount of material as evidence and my concerns re nutrient proliferated algae killing GBR coral but I have not received reply or noted any interest as expected and due.<br />In other words these two scientists do know. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988640325092521226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-30997510617467975942013-03-18T16:45:42.652+10:002013-03-18T16:45:42.652+10:00Hmm, I'd say that's about right, John M.
...Hmm, I'd say that's about right, John M. <br /><br />Else why have they not appointed at least one scientist with veterinary fish health expertise? The omission seems to me to be a bit pointed!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666128439539414631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-37592149359567347212013-03-18T15:34:25.124+10:002013-03-18T15:34:25.124+10:00Or you could say they don't want to know what ...Or you could say they don't want to know what they know they don't know; or if you don't ask, we won't tell ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872846095279685146noreply@blogger.com