Cart-rut shells alive and well in Brighton
November 12, 2011 by BayKeeper
Filed under Featured, Wild Things
A Baykeeper shoreline shell survey found a large Cart-rut shell (Thais orbita) at Holloway Bend earlier this year, suggesting the species may still live in the area. This species was central to the ban on use of Tributyltin (TBT) as an anti-foulant on vessels less that 25m in Victoria in 1989. International studies had shown [...]
Radionuclides dumped in the Bay… is that OK?
Opponents of the Port Phillip Bay Channel Deepening project vigorously opposed dumping of more than 3 million m3 of contaminated sediments from the Lower Yarra River in the Bay. But CDP proponents claimed the toxic sediments would be contained underwater within in a 6km2 clay walled area. After dredging and dumping had started, Baykeeper learned [...]
DOLPHINS LIVING DANGEROUSLY!
September 30, 2009 by BayKeeper
Filed under Education, Wild Things
Dolphins have a reputation of being smarter than your average mullet. After all, you can’t get to the top of the food chain on good looks alone. But being big in fishworld has its downside. You have to do what it takes to find a feed…. sometimes in dodgy waters. My notes on dolphins in [...]
