RE: Shellfish Farming Environmental Review... I completely agree.
However only the Fossil Fuel industry puts the entire planet at risk. In fact, recent research has shown that thanks to the past 150 years of burning fossil fuels, the Oceans have now absorbed enough CO2 out of the atmosphere to actually lower its pH value by 0.1 (which of course is a logarithmic scale, so small amounts are a big deal).
There have been two seperate studies released this spring, one from Oregon State University and one from UBC/SFU. All showed oysters, clams, muscles being put at risk by rising atmospheric CO2 levels and lower Ocean pH levels.
Multiple News Articles are here:
https://bcsga.ca/ocean-acidification/
This quote from the Globe and Mail last October is particularly startling:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/an-acidic-ocean-threatens-shellfish-farms/article559811/
"Ocean acidification began taking a toll on the shellfish industry in Washington state and Oregon in 2005, when naturally occurring larvae all but disappeared from oyster-rich estuaries such as Willapa Bay and Dabob Bay on the Hood Canal
Bill Dewey, spokesman for Seattle-based Taylor Shellfish said producers who used to rely on “natural recruitment” have been forced to seed those areas with hatchery-raised larvae mature enough to withstand the ocean’s altered pH levels."
And that is what has led to Oregon State, SFU and UBC scientists researching the issue. The conclusion, it's from increased atmospheric CO2 levels which of course we humans have put there.
https://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/apr/hatchery-managers-osu-scientists-link-ocean-acidification-larval-oyster-failure
"HATCHERY, OSU SCIENTISTS LINK OCEAN ACIDIFICATION TO LARVAL OYSTER FAILURE"
"“This is one of the first times that we have been able to show how ocean acidification affects oyster larval development at a critical life stage,” said Burke Hales, an OSU chemical oceanographer and co-author on the study. “The predicted rise of atmospheric CO2 in the next two to three decades may push oyster larval growth past the break-even point in terms of production.”
Acidification of our Oceans puts the entire marine food web in danger which is, arguably an even more potentially apocalyptic scenario than global warming.