E. Coli contamination of Grouville Beach

[!CaveMan]

Therefore, !Caveman - the contamination, if coming from the suspected source, is polluting a very large area.  A bit worrying!  I would certainly be worried if I had invested a large amount of money in a shellfish business!

If you walk out about a mile towards Seymour twr, the mounds and mounds amount of empty Razor, Limpet, Praire & Cockle shells
is unreal, I havent found a single  Ormer now for 5 years or any Black periwinkles,
so something's affected the sea life out there,

[rogueelement]

Nobody I know has found an oyster a periwinkle or a bleedin limpet for 15 years!
The early bird catches the worm , our resident non doms get up early.

[White Knight]

!CAVEMAN i found that was happening about 9 years ago when i used to go to LA SAMBAS and piles of scallop shells by the hundreds along with razorfish. The fishmen in that area were moaning that the sandeels were gone. All started when land reclaimation started up!

[moot]

If you walk out about a mile towards Seymour twr, the mounds and mounds amount of empty Razor, Limpet, Praire & Cockle shells
is unreal, I havent found a single  Ormer now for 5 years or any Black periwinkles,
so something's affected the sea life out there,

What fascinates me about going to these places is that the scenery differs every time. This year there are hundreds of dark brown sea hares ( or sea slugs ) They're everywhere. Two years ago Green Island at a good low tide the whole beach was covered in the grey winkles and the same year there were hundreds of surf clams "walking" around. All amazing sights
But the one that beats it all is when a mate and I came back from Seymour and found this apparently brandnew Dell laptop halfway in the sand. It just sat there open. Of course it was ruined but we took it ashore, cleaned it up, took photos and left it open on the wall near the slipway. No idea what it was doing in the sand
A couple of years back there were reports of hundreds of empty razor shell at Green Island and Fisheries investigated. They concluded that it was a natural occurrence and somehow they were ageing and came there to die. Last week there were still plenty of grey winkles and limpets on the rocks near Seymour and Icho and I have no trouble digging up my praires. I can easily find 40 in 30 minutes
Just ordered the book "Channel Island Marine Molluscs: An Illustrated Guide to All the Species from Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm" by Paul Martin Chambers and looking forward to study it
Never a dull moment near the sea !
 

[Dundee]

Transcripts of P& E and TTS questioning by scrutiny are now available:  http://www.scrutiny.gov.je/transcripts.asp?reviewid=114

Rather tedious reading, and not a great deal revealed other than the authorities think every thing was done correctly and that people had enough time to raise concerns, fact is many people did raise concerns the point is they did not take this into consideration. Rather grey area about the departure of Chris Newton, so he is not available to be questioned, these officers get paid to deal with these issues and when the proverbial hits the fan they then go on long term sickness or retire early.


 

[Dundee]

http://www.thisisjersey.com/2009/11/19/crab-fishing-industry-in-export-crisis/#comment-48876

The Italians claim that Jersey crabs contain levels of heavy metals which exceed safe limits. Mr Thompson said that the issue had turned a difficult situation for the Island’s fishermen into a crisis.

[Dylan]

http://www.thisisjersey.com/2009/11/19/crab-fishing-industry-in-export-crisis/#comment-48876

The Italians claim that Jersey crabs contain levels of heavy metals which exceed safe limits. Mr Thompson said that the issue had turned a difficult situation for the Island’s fishermen into a crisis.

No doubt if the crabs are full of heavy metal, we will soon discover that the oyster population are all rockers??

[Dundee]

Might put a new meaning to lead in your pencil