Post by Admin on Jul 13, 2019 19:02:07 GMT
Dear Governor Brown. We are requesting that Mud Shrimp (Upogebia pugettensis) be added to Oregon's List of Threatened and Endangered Species.
Our request is based on the communication between one of our members and the highly esteemed and respected John Chapman. To date the importance of Mud Shrimp to other dependent marine organisms is understated.
We need to know and completely understand the relationship between Mud Shrimp and the ecological productivity to marine environment of Oregon's Estuaries. Please consider the following in our request.
"To: Chapman, John
Subject: Re: Griffen's Isopod
John,
We are up against a wall from Jordan Cove 1,100 attorney law firm. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Coos Bay environment does not need more destruction for the benefit of exporting Canadian natural gas.
Thank you for your time.
Chuck
On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 1:55:46 PM PDT, chuck xxxxxx <xxxxxxxxxyahoo.com> wrote:
HI John,
Would you be so kind to answer a few questions regarding Griffen's Isopod? I am making a comment on the removal of the mud flats in Coos Bay for the Jordan Cove LNG export plant.
1. Are the shrimp in Coos Bay infected with Griffen's Isopod?
Yes. All populations of the mud shrimp that I know of (Alaska to Morro Bay, California) are infested. The isopod probably includes the entire range of this species.
2. If they are infected will the dredge removal of the mud flat spread the Isopod to other shrimp?
No. But the dredging could deplete a major population of mud shrimp in Coos Bay. Alas, I have never been to Jordan Cove. The largest remaining population in Coos Bay that I know of (of two populations) is on the east side of the airport and Coos Bay proper. Jordan Cove, hard by, could have mud shrimp.
3. Is there a map of the infected bays?
No. Would love to do a map of the Upogebia populations of Coos Bay. They are likely to be declining and I would like to get mud shrimp (Upogebia pugettensis) listed as threatened or endangered.
4. What is gut feeling about the effects of removing such a large area where the shrimp and other invertebrates live? Is it true they will start repopulate in two weeks and there is nothing to worry about?
That they would "repopulate" in two weeks is outrageous BS. Once the mudshrimp populations collapse to extinction, they seem to stay gone.
You might want to see these two videos. The longer one has gobs of scientific data relevant and not relevant.
The second video is from OPB and give the general idea.
Open this through Adobe Connect (freeware). I have to unblock it to watch on my home computer. Let me know if you have problems.
oregonstate.adobeconnect.com/_a827349107/perksxk8xyfj/ (Links to an external site.)
These are most of the same slides squashed into a pdf to save gobs of space and time.
20190423 HMSC Seminar shortened.pdf
Also, this is a fun OPB broadcast on the same subject.
www.opb.org/news/article/native-shrimp-once-killed-with-pesticides-now-at-risk-from-invasive-parasite/".
Current Information about Mud Shrimp: oregonconservationstrategy.org/strategy-species/blue-mud-shrimp/
Thank You, Bill Lackner for the Mud Shrimp and Members of the Clam Diggers Association of Oregon.
Our request is based on the communication between one of our members and the highly esteemed and respected John Chapman. To date the importance of Mud Shrimp to other dependent marine organisms is understated.
We need to know and completely understand the relationship between Mud Shrimp and the ecological productivity to marine environment of Oregon's Estuaries. Please consider the following in our request.
"To: Chapman, John
Subject: Re: Griffen's Isopod
John,
We are up against a wall from Jordan Cove 1,100 attorney law firm. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Coos Bay environment does not need more destruction for the benefit of exporting Canadian natural gas.
Thank you for your time.
Chuck
On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 1:55:46 PM PDT, chuck xxxxxx <xxxxxxxxxyahoo.com> wrote:
HI John,
Would you be so kind to answer a few questions regarding Griffen's Isopod? I am making a comment on the removal of the mud flats in Coos Bay for the Jordan Cove LNG export plant.
1. Are the shrimp in Coos Bay infected with Griffen's Isopod?
Yes. All populations of the mud shrimp that I know of (Alaska to Morro Bay, California) are infested. The isopod probably includes the entire range of this species.
2. If they are infected will the dredge removal of the mud flat spread the Isopod to other shrimp?
No. But the dredging could deplete a major population of mud shrimp in Coos Bay. Alas, I have never been to Jordan Cove. The largest remaining population in Coos Bay that I know of (of two populations) is on the east side of the airport and Coos Bay proper. Jordan Cove, hard by, could have mud shrimp.
3. Is there a map of the infected bays?
No. Would love to do a map of the Upogebia populations of Coos Bay. They are likely to be declining and I would like to get mud shrimp (Upogebia pugettensis) listed as threatened or endangered.
4. What is gut feeling about the effects of removing such a large area where the shrimp and other invertebrates live? Is it true they will start repopulate in two weeks and there is nothing to worry about?
That they would "repopulate" in two weeks is outrageous BS. Once the mudshrimp populations collapse to extinction, they seem to stay gone.
You might want to see these two videos. The longer one has gobs of scientific data relevant and not relevant.
The second video is from OPB and give the general idea.
Open this through Adobe Connect (freeware). I have to unblock it to watch on my home computer. Let me know if you have problems.
oregonstate.adobeconnect.com/_a827349107/perksxk8xyfj/ (Links to an external site.)
These are most of the same slides squashed into a pdf to save gobs of space and time.
20190423 HMSC Seminar shortened.pdf
Also, this is a fun OPB broadcast on the same subject.
www.opb.org/news/article/native-shrimp-once-killed-with-pesticides-now-at-risk-from-invasive-parasite/".
Current Information about Mud Shrimp: oregonconservationstrategy.org/strategy-species/blue-mud-shrimp/
Thank You, Bill Lackner for the Mud Shrimp and Members of the Clam Diggers Association of Oregon.
