Did dredging of Pelican Cayes contravene permit?
In a follow up to our story last night on environmental degradation in the Pelican Cayes, News 5 has been able to determine, based on data supplied by the Geology Department, that two dredging permits, each for sixteen thousand cubic yards, were issued to Treasure Cove Resort in 2006. An initial comparison of the coordinates on the permits and the actual site of the dredging indicate that the fill may have been extracted from a site some six hundred and fifty feet away from the approved area. It also appears that on one of the two cayes, mandatory containment devices were not used, resulting in accelerated runoff into the surrounding coral studded seabed. We have not yet been able to determine exactly when the cayes in the marine reserve passed from government to private ownership or who precisely owns the two cayes.
