CindySteve BovaAn old letter to the editor I wrote- ---After reading the very sad article in The Seattle Times concerning the acidic/polluted waters impacting oyster farmers who now have to go to Hawaii for their gmo'd seed, I would like to add my two cents. The oyster farmers who belong to the PCSGA (Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association) who have been spraying the chemical carbaryl (SEVIN) for shrimp and crab control(for 40+ years) and also advocate and spray the herbicide (ROUND-UP) and other unknown inert ingredients to control spartina which is native to Pacific waters ( for 20+ years) and most recently the spraying of ell grasses, I will cry no tears. They deserve what they created.(see Wa Dept Of Ecology Biocide spray Permits) However, I will instead cry my tears for the needless killing of salmon, crab, whales, sea birds and other innocent mammals and fish caught in their chemical sprays. And while I am crying, I will cry out to Hawaii, to watch carefully that they DON'T do what they did to our Twin Harbors! (i.e pollute them) PLEASE DON'T EAT CHEMICAL FLAVORED OYSTERS! Ask before you buy. Don't do it for me, but do it for your health! Steven --------------And now----Plz notice they have changed their name and their chemical cocktail -FYI- SUBJECT: Wa Department of Ecology has received a new request to use Imidacloprid to control burrowing shrimp We are evaluating a new application requesting permission to use the pesticide Imidacloprid to control burrowing shrimp on commercial shellfish beds in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. The application was filed by about a dozen oyster farmers from the Willapa Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association (WGHOGA), who propose to use the pesticide to treat tide lands to support their aquaculture practices. We are now in the process of evaluating the environmental impacts of the proposal – which we will request your comments and suggestions on when we issue our draft environmental report at the end of this summer. The oyster growers have submitted applications for: · A National Pollution Discharge Elimination Permit · Two Sediment Impact Zones o Willapa Bay o Grays Harbor

Renetta A Hunter LandObviously the plan is to starve the inhabitants of the earth.

Paul WestlundNO! They are too big! They do not need to be any bigger!!!!

Renetta A Hunter LandObviously the plan is to starve the inhabitants of the earth.