![]() The study says the influx of fresh water created by the diversion project would result in decreased levels of salinity in the basin. Lead author of the study Dr Len Thomas, from CREEM, says that "simply put, our research predicts the project would cause a decline of at least 97 per cent in the population of just over 2,000 dolphins." The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is a US$2 billion initiative, proposed by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana in an attempt to restore coastal marshes and reduce land loss by diverting sediment from the Mississippi River into the Barataria Basin, which could get US government approval early in 2023.Ī team of scientists from the University of St Andrews' Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) and SMRU Consulting and the USA's National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF) say this project would be disastrous for a dolphin population still recovering from the 2010 oil spill. The findings come on the 12th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which continues to adversely affect the health of dolphins in the area.
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