OCI Long Pond Proposal

Ocean Choice International (OCI) has submitted a proposal to develop a new 90-metre wharf and cold storage facility in Long Pond, Conception Bay South. This development would require infilling of 1.7 ha (4 acres), in the middle of Long Pond, an important estuary in the heart of CBS. It has been determined the project does not require an environmental assessment because it is not considered an estuary by the province. It will require a Land Use Impact Assessment Report (LUIAR) by the Town of CBS, which involves public and stakeholder consultation.

NAACAP is an environmental non-profit organization with a volunteer Board of Directors and vision of sustainable, healthy waterways on the Northeast Avalon Peninsula, and therefore keeps up to date on proposed developments of this kind in order to ensure that local residents can stay informed about projects in their area. Links below will be updated as the project develops. If any residents have information they would like to share with NAACAP, please contact naacaptech@gmail.com.

Learn more about this proposal below:

 

Project Background

https://www.conceptionbaysouth.ca/long-pond-harbour-proposal/

https://oceanchoice.com/longpond/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/oci-proposal-long-pond-concerns-1.5726501

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/oci-proposal-port-authority-land-sale-1.5738923

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/oci-proposal-environmental-assessment-1.5748235

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/appeal-board-ruling-oci-long-pond-1.5906787

Appeal Ruling – Sunset Key Marine vs. Town of CBS

 

Land Use Report – Ocean Choice International

 

 

Advocate says OCI’s Long Pond Proposal Ignores Existing Infrastructure in South Dildo

 

CBS Apologizes for Limited Scope of Notification for Long Pond Development

 

 

Science Background

Geological papers: http://archives.datapages.com/data/atlantic-geology-journal/data/035/035002/pdfs/175.htm

NAACAP’s Barachois Report 2012 (p.8): http://s860504074.online-home.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/BarachoisReport_2012_Final.pdf

Yacht Club Dredging: https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/prototype/article/download/516/560

 

Species Observations by Residents

Birds

• Tern spp.
• Eider Duck
• Mallards
• American black duck
• Tuffed Duck
• Greater Scaup
• Common Merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Semipalmated plover
• Sandpiper spp.
• Ring-billed Gull
• Herring Gull
• Great black-backed Gull
• Cormorant
• Bald Eagle
• Osprey
• Swallow spp.
• Northern flicker
• Blue Jay
• American crow
• Raven

Visiting Birds

• Northern Gannet
• Chinese Goose
• Wood Duck
• Teal Duck
• Canada Geese
• Common Loon

Marine Life

• American Eel
• Starfish
• Flatfish
• Small cod
• Sea trout (popular fishing spot in the spring)
• Starfish
• Crab
• Sand Lance
• Mussels
• Barnacles
• Smelt (migrate up Conway’s brook)
• Jellyfish
• Sculpins
• Connor
• Skate

Mammals

• River Otter
• Harbour seal
• Dog Seal
• Bearded Seal
• Mink

Vegetation

• Eelgrass (important habitat for juvenile cod and spawning fish)
• Kelp spp.