5/3 Salmon farm, oil pipe, Seal Sitters

Dan Varland (PHOTO: Brian Sterling)

If you like to listen: "Since 1995, biologist Dan Varland, Executive Director of Coastal Raptors, has been monitoring the health of raptors on the Washington coast, where Peregrine Falcons stoop on shorebirds feeding along the tideline..." BirdNote: Monitoring the Health of Coastal Raptors  

Is salmon farming ever sustainable? For years, many marine biologists have argued that the floating, open-ocean net pens that produce billions of pounds of salmon per year also generate pollution, disease and parasites. In some places in western Canada, the open-ocean salmon farming industry has been blamed for the collapse of wild salmon populations in the early 2000s — though other research has challenged that claim. But now, a few salmon farms have moved inland, producing fish in land-locked cement basins separated from river and sea. Alastair Bland reports. Sustainable salmon farming? Maybe, if you head inland

John Carruthers, president of Northern Gateway Pipelines, has dismissed a report by Simon Fraser University that calls into doubt the oil-spill risk assessments done by Enbridge. In a written statement, Mr. Carruthers attacks the study by Dr. Thomas Gunton, director of the School of Resource and Environmental Management at SFU. Specifically, Mr. Carruthers states that the spill probability numbers in the SFU report are inflated. Mark Hume reports. Northern Gateway dismisses report on risk of oil spills   See also:  Enbridge spill risk more than 90%, SFU report says

Seal Sitters' educational outreach project Year of the Seal, made possible by a Seattle Department of Neighborhoods grant, is now taking shape in the studio of prominent Northwest artist Georgia Gerber. Following a public Call to Artists and Selection Panel review, Gerber was chosen to create a full-scale sculpture of a harbor seal mom and pup. The sculpture will be installed near the Alki Bathhouse when completed. The site has already been prepped and signage alerting the public has been established. Patrick Robinson reports.  Year of the Seal educational project is taking shape; NW artist Georgia Gerber at work on sculpture

Now, your weekend tug weather--
WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 1116 PM PDT THU MAY 2 2013
FRI
NE WIND TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 4 FT AT 11 SECONDS.
FRI NIGHT
VARIABLE WIND TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 4 FT AT 12 SECONDS.
SAT
E WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 3 FT AT 12 SECONDS.
SAT NIGHT
E WIND TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 2 FT AT 12 SECONDS.
SUN AND SUN NIGHT
E WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 2 FT AT 12 SECONDS.

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