John Davis is the director of the newly formed Clean Ocean Action Committee, which he says is comprised of fishermen’s organizations and concerned individuals on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.
In a Sept 4 opinion piece in the Chronicle Herald, Davis asserts that the data that Shell Canada provided to the government about possible consequences of a major oil spill or blowout from Shell's planned exploration off the coast of Nova Scotia newar Shelburne is erroneous and misleading.
In its report, Shell says “No serious harm to fish that are part of a CRA (commercial, recreational or aboriginal) fishery, or permanent alteration or destruction of habitat for fish that are part of a CRA fishery or fish that support such a fishery is predicted to occur as a result of the Project.”
Davis says his group's analysis of wind data show that there would be significant danger to the fisheries on or near George’s Bank, Browns Bank, Baccaro Bank, LaHave Bank, Emerald Bank, Western Bank, and Sable Island Bank.
