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'Reef Destroyer’ arrives in Bimini Environmentalists say pristine dive sites set to be destroyed in defiance of senior judge’s warning

 

 

The Niccolo Machiavelli dredger anchored off the coast of Bimini. The mammoth 450-foot vessel is to be used as part of the controversial construction of a 1,000 foot pier and ferry terminal by Resorts World Bimini.

 

The 450-foot, 1,200 ton Niccolo Machiavelli is a specialized cutter-suction dredger designed to break up hard material which standard dredgers cannot remove. It is among the most powerful machines of its kind, and is set to be unleashed on one of the most pristine and significant marine ecosystems in the world, environmentalists say.

 

“That monster dredger cannot be allowed to tear up the seabed off the coast of North Bimini,” .... “There are 14 world-class dive sites and some of the most sensitive and important reef systems on earth there – many of them directly in the developers’ intended path of destruction.

 

 

http://www.savethebays.bs/2014/04/29/reef-destroyer-arrives-bimini-environmentalists-say-pristine-dive-sites-set-destroyed-defiance-senior-judges-warning/

 

Comments? I'm just hanging this FYI and will reserve comment/judgment except to say the Bahamas ain't the Caymans . . .