Robson Bight Recovery Work On Hold While Whales Visit

Friday, May 16, 2008
TELEGRAPH COVE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The recovery of a fuel-laden truck and a container holding 1,000 litres of hydraulic oil from the bottom of Robson Bight Ecological Reserve likely won't take place while a pod of killer whales visits.

The B.C. government has put out a proposal call for recovery of 11 pieces of heavy equipment that fell off a barge last Aug. 20 into the killer-whale sanctuary in Johnstone Strait. The equipment is lying 350 metres down, but no leaks have been detected so far, the Environment Ministry says.

The deadline for proposals is June 4. However, the killer whales show up to feed and rub themselves on the rocky shores in June and usually stay until September.

Source: The Victoria Times Colonist