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02-24-2008, 12:05 AM | #1 | |
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SoCal Edison to expand their artificial reef
So Cal Edison to build giant kelp forest
By: North County Times Southern California Edison will build a 127-acre artificial reef this summer to offset the loss of kelp, algae and animals caused by the San Onofre nuclear power plant, company officials announced Friday. The reef is designed to anchor a giant kelp forest off the San Clemente coast where fish and invertebrates can flourish. The ambitious, $22 million project has been in the works for years. Edison is required build the reef as a condition of its nuclear power plant permit. The power plant, located on a seaside patch of Camp Pendleton about 15 miles north of Oceanside, slurps up millions of gallons of salt water each day for its cooling system. When that water is released back into the ocean, it's murky, making it harder for vital sunlight to reach the kelp. The artificial reef will be constructed out of quarry rock in water 30-50 feet deep, Jonna Engel, a Coastal Commission spokeswoman said at Wednesday's meeting. The project should produce 50 tons of fish annually, Edison stated in a news release. Edison has proposed naming the reef after the late Wheeler North, a California Institute of Technology marine biologist. |
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02-24-2008, 08:19 AM | #2 |
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Nice to see them giving back.
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02-24-2008, 08:34 AM | #3 |
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Too bad they couldn't make a canyon to go with it... LJ II
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02-24-2008, 03:30 PM | #4 |
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hmmmmmm......... If we can just.....
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02-24-2008, 06:39 PM | #5 |
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Chances are that it will be protected once the board set the fishing reserves. Chances are they will make the camp pendelton beach + state beach one big reserve 18 + miles. I can see the pelagics heading north to the protected waters (where the protected bait is!).
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