We have been dredging for many years in Brazil, and thanks to that we found
many new species for science. If you ever dived you will know that the sea
bottom isn't a "calm" place and after a hurricane the bottom changes a lot
(ask to someone who dived after Andrew's Hurricane in Florida...). Of course
we must preserve the environment, but lets not be "Talibans"... If you
dredge using a small dredge you will not create any damage to the
environment! We gave scientists all over the world important information
about our ecology, using our own dredge and the Rio Grande University (which
is much bigger than ours). Don't worry, everything that disturbs too much
Mother Nature, she will find a way to make it extint! (and you bet it
include our species...)

Marcus


>From: Mary Canada <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: dredge design
>Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:14:23 -0500
>
>Why are you wanting to dredge in this area?  Won't pulling a dredge (no
>matter how small) create a swath of destruction to the natural bottom?  Are
>there seagrasses growing in this area?  It seems to me that pulling a
>dredge
>behind your boat will create something quite similar to the prop scars
>created by boats when they ground in the flats. Have you considered the
>prospect of habitat destruction?  And if so, have you checked with local
>and
>state government agencies to see if a permit for dreding is required?
>Mary
>
>"James M. Cheshire" wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> > This is a short, simple request, as is usual of me. I'm looking to build
> > a dredge which can be towed behind a small boat. I plan to use it in the
> > Santa Rosa Sound near Pensacola, so it'll need to be tough to resist the
> > chunky bottom debris that's often present. Does anyone have a good
> > design?
> >
> > Thanks In Advance,
> > James
> >
> > James M. Cheshire
> > (a.k.a. Jeremiah Chess)
> > 3185 Raccoon Valley Rd.
> > Granville, Ohio 43023-9472
> > USA




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