CaptainKenLee
03-03-2009, 03:56 PM
Press Release
Ohio EPA to hold Informational Meeting on Fish Kills Tuesday, March 3rd Wynn School 5224 Bayshore Rd. Oregon, Ohio
BAYSHORE FIRST ENERGY PLANT FISH KILLS
Biggest power plant fish killer in Great Lakes - Bayshore on the western end of Lake Erie - the Great Lakes nursery. A company report released in 2008 shows an average of 126,000 fish a day are caught against the screens and 6 million larval fish a day go thru the screens. The plant is located in the worst possible place - at the mouth of the Maumee River which is the Great Lakes most biologically productive River. Lake Erie has more consumable fish than all the other Great Lakes combined and the western end of Lake Erie supplies most of Lake Erie's fish because it is so shallow and warm. Genetic studies show that walleye in the Maumee River migrate up and down the Detroit River/Lake St. Clair/St. Clair River and Lake Huron to spawn in the Maumee in the spring.
A February 23, 2009 Blade article quotes ODNR as saying fishing in Ohio puts $800 million and more annually into Ohio ’s economy. C
The Bayshore/First Energy report estimates annual walleye kills at 77,812 walleye caught on the screens, 663,715 juvenile walleye thru the screens, and 8.2 million larval walleye through the screens. The same reports show annual yellow perch kills at 123,405 caught on the screens, 1.3 million juvenile yellow perch thru the screens and 3.1 larval yellow perch thru the screens. Millions more emerald shiners, gizzard shad, bass are caught on the screens and billions more go through the screens.
The Bayshore plant draws 650 million gallons of water a day for cooling in the coal fired power plant. Company reports say that in the 70’s about 3% of the Maumee River fish were killed in the plant, the 2005 and 2006 reports estimate 10% of the Maumee River fish are killed in the plant.
Furthermore the plant heats the water on average nearly ten degrees Fahrenheit that contributes algae growth and keeps the shoreline from freezing in the winter.
Enhancing fish kills is the 1.2 mile wide and one mile long Army Corps of Engineers Dredge Disposal facility built between the Bayshore intake and outfall – the Corps dredge disposal facility is angled to make the warmer outfall waters hug the shoreline.
Bayshore is built where the Maumee River empties into Maumee Bay and then Lake Erie . The Bayshore location is simply a bad one. The answer is a cooling tower that will reduce fish kills and water use by about 90%. Until cooling towers are built, Bayshore should be required to take steps to reduce the fish kills and pay for the fish that are killed with the moneys dedicated to more spawning grounds and improved water quality in the Western Lake Erie Watershed which includes the Maumee River and Bay.
Over 46 million fish(24 million emerald shiners, 14 million gizzard shad, 5 million white perch, 1.6 million white bass, 123,405 yellow perch, 77,812 walleye) were caught against the screens amounting to nearly one million pounds of fish at the Bayshore Power plant according to studies conducted by the power plant in 2005-2006. Of the one million pounds: 725,058 pounds were forage fish – gizzard shad and emerald shiners(fish that walleye, yellow perch and bass eat); 116,141 pounds white perch; 57,322 pounds of walleye; 31,294 pounds of sheephead; 8,181 pounds of white bass; 5,815 pounds of yellow perch and 3,864 pounds of catfish.
2005-06 studies compared to the 1976-7 period show nearly 8 times as many larval fish killed over the 70’s reports. Bayshore First Energy proposes putting up some devises that will reduce the kills but the real solution to reduce the fish kills is a cooling tower which is what Davis Besse and Enrico Fermi have. The water that goes through the power plant is heated 5-10 degrees Fahrenheit which fosters more algae and keeps the shoreline from freezing in the winter.
WHAT: Attend the OEPA Bayshore Fish Kill Informational Session
WHEN WHERE: Tuesday March 3 at Wynn School 5224 Bayshore Oregon, Ohio 43618
For additional information – reports etc go to westernlakeerie.org
Please attend the March 3rd Ohio EPA Public Meeting on the Great Lakes largest fish killing plant
OEPA Public Notice: http://westernlakeerie.org/bayshoire_fish_kill_public_notice0209.doc
Meeting Flier: http://westernlakeerie.org/fish_kill_flier_10_0209.pdf
Take action on Sierra web site: http://ohio.sierraclub.org/takeaction/index.html Select protect Lake Erie from Coal Fired Power Plant
Company summary fish kill information: http://westernlakeerie.org/bayshore_kinectrics_sum_info.pdf
For detailed reports and additional information go to westernlakeerie.org
Western Lake Erie - Great Lakes Warmest, Shallowest, Fishiest Waters
Sandy Bihn
Waterkeeper
Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Association
6565 Bayshore
Oregon, Ohio 43618
419-691-3788
sandylakeerie@aol.com
Ohio EPA to hold Informational Meeting on Fish Kills Tuesday, March 3rd Wynn School 5224 Bayshore Rd. Oregon, Ohio
BAYSHORE FIRST ENERGY PLANT FISH KILLS
Biggest power plant fish killer in Great Lakes - Bayshore on the western end of Lake Erie - the Great Lakes nursery. A company report released in 2008 shows an average of 126,000 fish a day are caught against the screens and 6 million larval fish a day go thru the screens. The plant is located in the worst possible place - at the mouth of the Maumee River which is the Great Lakes most biologically productive River. Lake Erie has more consumable fish than all the other Great Lakes combined and the western end of Lake Erie supplies most of Lake Erie's fish because it is so shallow and warm. Genetic studies show that walleye in the Maumee River migrate up and down the Detroit River/Lake St. Clair/St. Clair River and Lake Huron to spawn in the Maumee in the spring.
A February 23, 2009 Blade article quotes ODNR as saying fishing in Ohio puts $800 million and more annually into Ohio ’s economy. C
The Bayshore/First Energy report estimates annual walleye kills at 77,812 walleye caught on the screens, 663,715 juvenile walleye thru the screens, and 8.2 million larval walleye through the screens. The same reports show annual yellow perch kills at 123,405 caught on the screens, 1.3 million juvenile yellow perch thru the screens and 3.1 larval yellow perch thru the screens. Millions more emerald shiners, gizzard shad, bass are caught on the screens and billions more go through the screens.
The Bayshore plant draws 650 million gallons of water a day for cooling in the coal fired power plant. Company reports say that in the 70’s about 3% of the Maumee River fish were killed in the plant, the 2005 and 2006 reports estimate 10% of the Maumee River fish are killed in the plant.
Furthermore the plant heats the water on average nearly ten degrees Fahrenheit that contributes algae growth and keeps the shoreline from freezing in the winter.
Enhancing fish kills is the 1.2 mile wide and one mile long Army Corps of Engineers Dredge Disposal facility built between the Bayshore intake and outfall – the Corps dredge disposal facility is angled to make the warmer outfall waters hug the shoreline.
Bayshore is built where the Maumee River empties into Maumee Bay and then Lake Erie . The Bayshore location is simply a bad one. The answer is a cooling tower that will reduce fish kills and water use by about 90%. Until cooling towers are built, Bayshore should be required to take steps to reduce the fish kills and pay for the fish that are killed with the moneys dedicated to more spawning grounds and improved water quality in the Western Lake Erie Watershed which includes the Maumee River and Bay.
Over 46 million fish(24 million emerald shiners, 14 million gizzard shad, 5 million white perch, 1.6 million white bass, 123,405 yellow perch, 77,812 walleye) were caught against the screens amounting to nearly one million pounds of fish at the Bayshore Power plant according to studies conducted by the power plant in 2005-2006. Of the one million pounds: 725,058 pounds were forage fish – gizzard shad and emerald shiners(fish that walleye, yellow perch and bass eat); 116,141 pounds white perch; 57,322 pounds of walleye; 31,294 pounds of sheephead; 8,181 pounds of white bass; 5,815 pounds of yellow perch and 3,864 pounds of catfish.
2005-06 studies compared to the 1976-7 period show nearly 8 times as many larval fish killed over the 70’s reports. Bayshore First Energy proposes putting up some devises that will reduce the kills but the real solution to reduce the fish kills is a cooling tower which is what Davis Besse and Enrico Fermi have. The water that goes through the power plant is heated 5-10 degrees Fahrenheit which fosters more algae and keeps the shoreline from freezing in the winter.
WHAT: Attend the OEPA Bayshore Fish Kill Informational Session
WHEN WHERE: Tuesday March 3 at Wynn School 5224 Bayshore Oregon, Ohio 43618
For additional information – reports etc go to westernlakeerie.org
Please attend the March 3rd Ohio EPA Public Meeting on the Great Lakes largest fish killing plant
OEPA Public Notice: http://westernlakeerie.org/bayshoire_fish_kill_public_notice0209.doc
Meeting Flier: http://westernlakeerie.org/fish_kill_flier_10_0209.pdf
Take action on Sierra web site: http://ohio.sierraclub.org/takeaction/index.html Select protect Lake Erie from Coal Fired Power Plant
Company summary fish kill information: http://westernlakeerie.org/bayshore_kinectrics_sum_info.pdf
For detailed reports and additional information go to westernlakeerie.org
Western Lake Erie - Great Lakes Warmest, Shallowest, Fishiest Waters
Sandy Bihn
Waterkeeper
Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Association
6565 Bayshore
Oregon, Ohio 43618
419-691-3788
sandylakeerie@aol.com