part of the conclusion:

On p.76 of report:

The morphology of the continental shelf varies considerably from north to south adjacent to Cape Canaveral, topography is highly irregular with large shoals extending southeast from False Cape and Cape Canaveral. Large shoals, ridges, and channels exist along the shelf surface adjacent to the Cape from the shoreface about 12 km offshore. The alignment of ridges paralleling the Cape shoreline and extending southeast from the foreland is indicative of littoral processes controlling the formation of these features. Sediment eroded from the northern beaches is transported southeast into the ridge-shoal complex, creating linear features that migrate in a step-wise fashion to the south and east, creating a highly irregular innershelf.

p.297 of MMS final report:

8.1. Wave Transformation modeling
Excavation of an offshore borrow site can alter incoming wave heights and the direction of wave propagation. Offshore topographic relief causes waves to refract toward the shallow edges of borrow sites. Changes in the wave field caused by borrow site geometry may change local sediment transport rates…..

Effects of dredging on soft bottom fishes would include turbidity and disruption of benthic prey base utilized by many demersal species. Fishes are likely to avoid highly turbid areas and would respond in species-specific fashion to changes in the benthic invertebrate assemblages.


Another thing, I don't like is the fact that MMS is doing a dredging workshop in Melbourne and not in St. Lucie County, and Ms. Jordan's response "we asked them" is not enough answer to this question!