…drilling. But seismic alone is a serious assault on our coast and ocean,” Jasny said. Gail Adams-Jackson, vice-president, communications and external affairs with the International Association of Geophysical Contractors, the seismic industry’s trade organization, described the process differently, emphasizing in an email response to CRO that seismic surveys are not…
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Study: Seismic Testing Disrupts Fish Behavior
…different from what has been reported elsewhere where fisheries and seismic have coexisted for decades: the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, West Africa and throughout the world,” she said. “Marine seismic surveys have been conducted since the 1950s and experience shows that fisheries and seismic activities can and do…
Topsail Dune Rule: Is Legislative Fix Possible?
A group of Topsail Beach residents are raising money for legal expenses in their fight to protect dunes between Sea Vista and Serenity Point at the south end of Topsail Island. Photo: Topsail Citizens TOPSAIL BEACH – As Topsail Beach gears up for another round in court over the town’s…
CRC: Changes to Dune Rules Add Flexibility
…to change the rule to preserve the dune function as a protective barrier against flooding and erosion by limiting the reduction in the volume of the dune, as opposed to worrying so much about the dune height.” Lopazanski added. “You can’t reduce the elevation below it being defined as a…
Dune Rule Kicks Up Sand in Topsail
…the town board in June amended Topsail Beach’s dune permit ordinance, which prohibits the removal of more than a cubic yard of sand from the dune system. Photo: Trista Talton But that may not be possible. In what Topsail Beach leaders say is an effort to protect the dune line…
What’s All the Noise Over Seismic Survey?
Seismic surveying will begin as early as next spring off the N.C. Coast. Seismic airgun testing is used to locate oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean floor. A vessel tows a seismic airgun, which shoots extremely loud blasts of compressed air through the ocean and miles under the…
Q&A: The Skinny on Seismic Surveys
…start? It’s difficult to say when or even if seismic surveying will begin. It is possible that BOEM will move quickly after the public hearings and seismic surveying could begin as early as this summer. It is also possible that the concerns of the public and problems with the permit…
Seismic Tests Continue to Make Waves
…President Obama to suspend seismic activity in the Atlantic Ocean because of “profound concern” about the effects the tests could have on the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Meanwhile, the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce recently re-affirmed its opposition to seismic testing first stated in 2015 and is now calling…
Topsail Beach’s Sand Dune Debate
TOPSAIL BEACH – The much-debated dune ordinance Topsail Beach adopted a year ago is once again under review with the town planning board determining how much sand, if any, may be removed from a property in order to build. Adopted last June, the amended ordinance prohibits “protected” dunes from being…
Seismic Testing Q&A: The Pros and Cons
…by the Navy has been associated in the past with causing strandings of marine mammals. How is 2-D seismic different? It’s a completely different technology. Do you how much seismic is acquired off the coast every year, every summer? There’s seismic acquired every summer off the East Coast – there…
Effort to Secure Federal Help Begins
…had returned for a second visit in five days to assess damage to the shoreline and dune system caused by the coastal storm that thrashed the barrier island earlier this month. A North Topsail Beach oceanfront homesite shows the evidence of overwash that breached the dunes during the coastal storm…
Extent of Seismic Tests Makes Feds Pause
…decision on whether to issue the permits could come by the end of the year. To Learn More Seismic survey applications for North Carolina Environmental impact statement for Atlantic surveys Related Content The Skinny on Seismic Surveys What’s All the Noise Over Seismic Surveys? Opinions Split on Offshore Seismic Testing…