Antinuclear

BHP Billiton’s proposed desalination plant to exterminate Australia’s iconic Giant Cuttlefish?

Save the Giant Australian Cuttlefish and Upper Spencer Gulf  The Point Lowly Peninsula is the only known place in the world where hundreds of thousands of Giant Australian Cuttlefish gather to breed. We need your help to urge the State Government of South Australia to protect this wildlife phenomenon from proposed industrial impacts.

Other fish species also spawn in the area including Snapper, Western King Prawns, Squid, Eagle Rays and Port Jackson Sharks. The Upper Spencer Gulf ecosystem also supports resident dolphin pods plus visiting whales, endangered sealions and turtles.

A desalination plant is currently proposed for the Point Lowly Peninsula. If approved, its operation will release salty brine into this sensitive ecosystem. Scientific studies have shown that increased salinity kills cuttlefish and squid eggs.

The Giant Australian Cuttlefish and Upper Spencer Gulf fish nurseries need your help. Sign and share our petition and urge our State Premier to insist on relocating the proposed desalination plant to a less vulnerable area.   http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/save-the-giant-australian-cuttlefish-upper-spencer-gulf/

October 16, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, environment, South Australia | South Australia