Antinuclear

Research to benefit the Giant Cuttlefish, or the Giant Non Australian BHP Billiton?

In South Australia, a Flinders University team is doing the USA’s bidding, as Professor Pam Sykes pushes U.S. funded research into making low level ionising radiation look good.

Now we have  another research team in South Australia,, funded by Australian governments, investigating the giant cuttlefish. We must wonder to what extent this research is geared at truly studying this unique and beautiful animal, and its specialised habitat.  This is a species that will be lost to the world, made extinct by a change in the salt/freshwater balance in the upper Spencer Gulf.

The proposed desalinationn plant – needed for BHP Billiton’s expansion of Olympic Damn uranium mine – would make that change, and make that extinction of an iconic Australian species.

Will the new research study really lead to the protection of the giant cuttlefish, or the protection of the giant Non Australia – BHP Billiton? – Christina Macpherson

Federal and state funds for cuttlefish research, ABC News,  September 15, 2011   Research into giant cuttlefish in South Australia’s upper Spencer Gulf will receive $105,000 in federal and state funding.

SA Fisheries Minister Michael O’Brien says a monitoring and evaluation program will look at population biomass, water quality and habitat. There has been some recent concern that fewer cuttlefish are in the upper Gulf.

Concern also has been expressed about the possible effects of discharge if a desalination plant is built in the area. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-15/giant-cuttlefish-research-funding/2900668

September 16, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, South Australia | South Australia