Please attend the March 3rd Ohio EPA Public Meeting on the Great
Lakes largest fish killing
plant
Click OEPA Public Notice: http://westernlakeerie.org/bayshoire_fish_kill_public_notice0209.doc
Click here for the meeting flier: http://westernlakeerie.org/fish_kill_flier_10_0209.pdf
Click here to take action on Sierra web site: http://ohio.sierraclub.org/takeaction/index.html Select protect Lake Erie from Coal Fired
Power Plant
Click here for the company summary fish kill information:
http://westernlakeerie.org/bayshore_kinectrics_sum_info.pdf
For detailed reports and additional information go to
westernlakeerie.org
It seems that if you fish in Ohio, you need a license and you have to abide
by the rules…or get your license taken away, fines, or….jail But if you are the Bayshore First Energy power
plant, you can kill as many fish as you want, pay nothing and have no
rules… Consider the
following from: Bayshore plant is the largest fish killing plant in
Great Lakes.
2005/2006 company reports show 46 million fish/yr caught against the screens
& 2 billion fish thru the screens; Bayshore uses 650 million gallons of
water/ day and heats the water 3-14 degrees Fahrenheit; it is said that
Bayshore kills more fish than all ODNR fish hatcheries produce at a cost of
$2.5 miilion; Bayshore kills more fish than all the other power plants in
Ohio combined; Bayshore kills walleye when the Army Corps is not allowed to
dredge & anglers are limited during the spawning season in April/May;
Bayshore’s intake and outfall are separated by the ½ mile by one mile Army Corps
Dredge disposal facility which reduces the ability of the fish to escape from
the intake; Bayshore plant studies show that 77,812 walleye are caught against
the screens, 663,715 juvenile walleye go thru the screens, and 8.2 million
larval walleye go thru the screens.
In addition 123,405 yellow perch are caught against the screens, 1.3
million juvenile yellow perch go through the screens a and 3.1 larval yellow
perch go thru the screens
Bayshore needs to put money in a trust fund to bring fish
back to Lucas
County waters and put in a
cooling tower. Allowing ongoing fish kills at the Bayshore plant in the
Western Lake Erie Watershed reduces walleye,
yellow perch, bass and other fish.
Genetic studies show that walleye from Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron
migrate to the Maumee River in the spring to
spawn. The Bayshore plant is
located at the mouth of the Maumee River where
the fish move in and out of.
Please attend the March 3rd meeting – write a
letter – make a phone call and ask that the fish kills be reduced – a cooling
tower is needed. Until the cooling
tower is installed, Bayshore pays just like anyone else for the fish they
wrongfully kill.
This is an important issue
for all the Great Lakes. Fish are an important economic resource and
important for the ecosystem.. Please contact Governor Strickland at: sam.auld@governor.ohio.gov.or
call 614-466-3555 and/or call OEPA Director Chris Korleski at chris.korleski@epa.state.oh.us or
call 614-644-2782
Sandy Bihn