From an article from Saanich News yesterday written by Mark Browne of Esquimalt News
Move west seabirds - the waters in BC killing less on a yearly basis.
Patrick O'Hara - affiliated with Environment Canada and the Institute of Ocean Sciences and a scientist at the University of Victoria says "The number of oiled seabird carcasses washed up on the shores of Newfoundland is considerably higher than on the West Coast. Research has shown that in one small survey area on the southern tip of Newfoundland, up to 70 per cent of the seabird carcasses washed ashore - which amounts to 300,000 seabirds - die from oil pollution each year.."
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I guess this does not include the Exxon Valdez year...
In either case can Environment Canada confirm the above numbers for one area of our province - each year?
We have no control of our waters whatsoever and Canada is doing what...
We have so many fishermen and plant workers out of work - any chance we can employ some of these people to monitor and protect our water, our sovereignty?
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