Perry Christie should be thrown out in the streets for allowing this.

I agree 100%. What the hell was the point of the Environmental Impact Assessment if not to warn and advise the government? Instead of building up Bimini's economy by preserving something so special and dear to the island, we'll destroy everything for a couple of jobs and money to pad our already thickly-lined pockets.

Despite expert testimony from so many of the dangers of this, I cannot believe this government is going ahead with such a destructive process. It is so heartbreaking to know all the marine life they will kill in such a short span of time, and the long-term effects it will bring to the island, its people and culture. very, very sad.

Deals are made in the dark, politicians dodging questions and just feeding the public a bunch of lies and propaganda: "generally speaking there will be little damage". Playing us for fools and destroying our country all the while.

Obie Wilchcombe has a huge, already cleared boondoggle in West End courtesy of the Ginn folks. Lots of promises but in the end...not much for Bahamians. At least there they only raped the land. In Bimini, we have no land...it's all about the water. So what do our politicians do? They let a huge mega corporation go in and destroy the ONLY tourist attraction Bimini has...diving and watersports. See Cape Eleuthera, West End, Great Harbour Cay, even Treasure Cay for examples of people coming in, destroying the natural beauty and then taking their money and running...leaving Bahamians to pick up the pieces. You wonder why foreigners come to this country thinking that the people are stupid? They just look at the folks in government, who are supposed to be the brightest and best, see what's there and figure out the rest. We vote these clown into office.

Why are we not seeing some aerial pictures???

Can the reporter Rashad Rolle, go for a 5 minute flight with a camera??????
Pictures are worth a thousand words.

run some local boats out there and get in there way , this is just stupid any idea how big

220,000 cubic yards is 20,000 cement trucks full all that silt and damaged coral .

I can't believe this is happening. Not to home of the Bimini Road, not to the fishing capital of the Bahamas..this simply cannot be happening.

*Paved paradise to put up a parking lot* indeed.

SHAME on each and everyone of you sitting house members.

The silence from those who "approved" this absolute desecration and abomination is deafening.

THESE PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING!! They are going ahead with the dredging despite the protest and despite the environmental impact report. So now any effort to stop them will have to prove the damage. Not only that but once the dredging is done, they will claim it will cause even more damage to reverse it. Possession is nine tenths of the law..o but if you are a foreign investor, there is no law for you!

You know, too many Bahamians like to cry foul and make false statements and claims about things that they don't know about for sure! Every time some form of development come to this country there are some people who cannot wait to vent their opposition about it. This dock will benefit Bimini and the Bahamas on a whole in more than one way. It will generate more visitors from other islands as well, thus enhancing the well being of more Bahamians economically! Do you all remember what Bimini was like even just ten years ago? You loud -mouth people who can see only as far as your nose need to stop. The dredging for this small dock will ruin Bimini fishing industry? How many fishermen have been catching fish in that area for a living? Come on now and talk some sense, let me see you do so. Do you want Bimini just to be a tiny village where fishermen live? You all remind me of how the Republicans in the USA ripped Pres. Obama and his health care program. Do you know now that there is a deafening silence about that matter among them? The reason is because it works and many of them knew that all along. In two years after this dock goes into operation, I want to hear from John, Biminirick, Biminihomeowner, Blackcat, bigbadbob ,etc. Be wise and just don't have a mouth mainly for talking.

Obviously you are a paid propagandist. There is so much difference between the Obama health care plan in the United States and a barge named the Machavelli "reef destroyer" coming here and ripping up one of the most sacred part of God's ocean. Firstly, the Bahamas does not belong to the foreign investor or to the politician. It belongs to the Bahamian people. So if there is a dispute or opposition to something taking place, you don't just go and do as you please, but you allow natural justice to take its course. Remember when this same company, that is building this dock wanted to run night cruises from Florida to Bimini, authorities in the US stopped the cruises until they investigated and made sure nothing untoward was going on. Resorts Bimini Bay did not say, "we gonna do the cruises anyway, then they will give us the necessary permits". They stopped their operations and waited for clearance. So why should it be any different when it comes to Bahaman law? You call us loud mouthed but you seem to blowing the trumpet of someone else's horn. In a very long winded sort of way. When the fishermen in Key West were warned about overfishing the conch population, they felt there was plenty to go around. So they continued in their ways. Now conchs are so scarce in that area a complete ban has been placed on them.
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"Scientists figure that the wild conch probably will never again support the commercial fishery that resulted in millions of pounds of conch meat being harvested a year, as it once was in the Florida Keys. But a revitalized wild population would reintroduce the conch to the state's marine environment, and let people come in contact with it."
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"The conch, widely known throughout Florida for its pink-lipped shell, was restricted to a daily bag limit of 10 just a decade ago. That limit declined to two daily until a moratorium was placed on taking all conch last year"

This is a problem that started more than 40 years ago.

The sea is a live and living organism. When you damage essential parts of it, then the results will effect mankind for generations to come. Hope we hear from you in two years! FRIEND!

BTW isn't this the same government that has a law on the books that says Bahamians could be arrested and fined and jailed if caught cleaning fish on the beach? Quick gimme my passport and lemme stamp "foreign over Bahamian" in it.

Bimini Blue has some aerial pictures up on facebook...

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/Bi…

Oh John, Oh Johnny my friend, I am one of the biggest advocate for the welfare of the Bahamas. This is my last comment on this matter. Nothing damage the marine environment of the Bahamas more than the high demand for fish and conch by the Bahamian people who live high on the Bahamian waters. I'll bet that you are have some form of sea food today, and most likely the rest of the week for dinner. Am I correct John? Look at the amount of wild hogs in Exuma for example. Some foreigners were shock to know that the Bahamian people haven't created a pork industry in the Bahamas. John, go and eat some pork, steak, chicken and vegetables for dinner sometimes. As early as 9:00 A.M. you guys are having boil fish, good God! For an healthy body, you need protein from meets my friend. Cut down on the heavy demand for fish and conch and that will go a long way to save the seafood industry in Bahama land. Have a good jerk pork cook out next week end, please I beg you.

And dredging up the sea bed and destroy hundreds of acres of pristine reef is good for the fisheries and environment?

He is obviously trying to poke fun at Bahamians and distract from the dredging going on. And that is the attitude many foreigners have towards Bahamians because they feel they come here with the prime minister's phone number in their back pocket and a key to the front door of the house of assembly. Many government ministers teach them how to disrespect Bahamians and allow them to do as they please. Foreign investment is important to this country but it must be eco-friendly investment. Go hurry up and dredge. Hurricane season soon come!