{"id":15909,"date":"2010-08-23T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=15909"},"modified":"2010-08-23T10:28:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T14:28:06","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-crab-endangerment-along-soufrierescotts-head-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/letters-to-the-editor\/letter-to-the-editor-crab-endangerment-along-soufrierescotts-head-road\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Crab endangerment along Soufriere\/Scotts Head road"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crabs helpless to speeding traffic. Taken on Sunday evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The crab migration to lay their eggs in the sea and young crabs migrating from the sea to live on land is clearly being affected.<\/p>\n

The eggs laid in the marine reserve are of significant national food security interest, in that they and the billions of hatchlings form the core of the food chain for our fishing industry- an industry where thousands of Dominicans have been encouraged to enter.<\/p>\n

Yet another extremely lucrative untapped Crab Claw Industry is being lost.<\/p>\n

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Crab migration interrupted by smooth wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unfortunately the smooth surfaced recently constructed sea wall did not accommodate for this crab migration. Simple solutions:<\/p>\n

1. Stucco \/roughened surface to the sea wall.<\/p>\n

2. Sensor units to the street lights to avoid the constant disturbance to the environmentally sensitive Soufriere\/Scott’s Head marine reserve.<\/p>\n

3. Encourage the villagers to benefit\/ have a stake by developing a Crab Claw Industry where the large claw is removed and the crabs released. (A multi million industry exists in the Florida Keys) the crabs re grow the claw and are allowed to continue providing for our food chain.<\/p>\n

Pioneer of the Dive and Whale Watching industries in Dominica,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Fitzroy Armour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crab migration to lay their eggs in the sea and young crabs migrating from the sea to live on land is clearly being affected. 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