NOAA Fisheries is Alerting Fishermen of a Recently Installed Subsea Cable off Jacksonville, Florida
A subsea cable was recently installed by the Pacific Caribbean Cable System Consortium off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. The cable is one inch in diameter. The cable is buried three to five feet in sand and mud bottom but is on the surface on hard bottom, slopes, and coral areas. The cable may be damaged by anchors, fishing […]
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New subsea cables in Florida
Two subsea communications cables were recently installed off Jacksonville and Miami. Attached is a link to a pdf file that shows the locations. If fishing gear snags a cable, both the gear and the cable can be damaged, and these cables may not be on charts yet. They carry internet, telephone, fax and data to South America and other countries. […]
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EPA Approves Undersea Dispersants, Ignores U.S. Fisheries Concerns
Tarpon Springs, Fla.—The decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow undersea use of chemical dispersants further endangers the already beleaguered commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Southern Shrimp Alliance, which represents the U.S. warmwater shrimp industry. “The EPA’s decision to allow the use of undersea dispersants on the BP oil spill requires environmental and […]