Hi
We are
assessing an application by an energy company that is proposing to install
underwater marine tidal turbines over an area of 219 sq kms in the Cook Strait
(passage of water between the north and south islands). The region that
the turbines are proposed to be located is within an area that humpbacks
utilise while on their northern migration to winter breeding grounds, and that
southern right whales are likely to use in winter during their breeding season.
We are seeking
information about the potential and actual effects that these turbines may have
on whales, as well as other marine fauna.
Could you please
contact me if you have any information that may be useful for our
assessment.
Kind
regards
Nadine
Gibbs
Technical Support
Officer - Freshwater & Marine
Department of
Conservation
Wellington
Conservancy
181 Thorndon
Quay
PO Box 5086
Wellington, New
Zealand
ph: ++64 4 472
5821
fax: ++64 4 499
0077
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