Comments on: Saving the Saba Bank with Open Access Publishing https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/05/20/saving-the-saba-bank-with-open/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Shelley https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/05/20/saving-the-saba-bank-with-open/#comment-518501 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:49:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/05/20/saving-the-saba-bank-with-open/#comment-518501 Yes the tankers anchor on the bank waiting to go to Statia, and yes some super tankers anchor on the bank as well. There is footage on youtube if you seach Saba Bank tanker anchorage of some of the damage done to the bank. Also some smaller cargo ships anchor on the bank just waiting till they know where they are going next. The one photo was a clip taken from the youtube video.

]]> By: Peter https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/05/20/saving-the-saba-bank-with-open/#comment-518500 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:19:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/05/20/saving-the-saba-bank-with-open/#comment-518500 Hello. I’m coming late to this conversation but want to let folks this is definitely a legitimate problem. I have been there, took part in this study, and I’ve seen the damage and the oil tankers. The anchor damage issue is addressed in the PLoS One collection because this motivated the study, but hopefully the issue doesn’t come across as hype.

Saba Marine Park staff tell me they are monitoring the situation and tankers are ‘regularly dropping anchor on the Bank’. So its an ongoing problem, and yes, its NOT the only problem, but it IS one that better management can help with.

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