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And We Will Harness Our Power For Evil...Evil!!!
Category: Conservation & Environment • Industry & Government • Vessels and Equipment
Posted on: March 10, 2008 9:13 PM, by CR McClain
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I am sure that they will be carefully surveying the whole path for important deep sea life, right? They wouldn't callously rip through hundreds of kilometers of seabed without very careful environmental studies, right? Yeah, right.
Posted by: Charles | March 11, 2008 9:41 AM
Okay, as an ROV pilot, I find that REALLY COOL, but as a biologist/environmentalist, I find it really terrible and saddening... I think the biologist/environmentalist side wins, hands-down on this one for me.
Posted by: Jonathan Martin | March 11, 2008 11:31 AM
Exactly my dilemma, totally taken back with the coolness but...
Posted by: CR McClain | March 11, 2008 12:11 PM
Sounds like driving a tractor through the Alps. Avalanche anyone? Apparently not: doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.10.022
If only.....
Posted by: NickD | March 11, 2008 5:24 PM
Although... it's a very narrow path, really. Less wide than a SINGLE deep-water bottom trawl (They fish in the 1000s of meters here in British Columbia for "Idiots", or Thornyheads, Sebastolobus spp., and as I know from my work, areas of 'special' habitat are pretty infrequent in the deep water. Who knows? It might not be all that bad compared to abuse we heap on the deep sea everyday. Any thoughts, Admins? :)
Posted by: Jonathan Martin | March 11, 2008 10:24 PM