St lucia mond oop

[ôita]

Hulle is besig om die mond by st lucia oop te maak vir die wat nie weet nie.....

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[ChrisF]

hoekom ?

wonder altyd as mens inmeng met die natuur .... maar partykeer is daar wel goeie redes.

[ôita]

N vriend het my vandag daarvan vertel...weet nie of dit n slegte ding is as dit by die normale werking van die natuur is nie mar ek dink dit sal goed wees vir die dorp en die meer....hoop hy bly oop

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[ChrisF]

Ons was in Mei 2007 in St Lucia. Kort voor dit het die mond self oopgespoel.


Met die seisoen se wisselinge het die seewater in die mond ingespoel .... van die varswater diere het nou IN St Lucia by die huise begin soek vir vars water.



moet dadelik bysê, ek het GEEN idee van die ander effekte wat dit gehad het nie. Weet ook nie wat gebeur as die mond te lank toe is nie ...


Juis die wat ek die vraag gevra het.

[Woesman]

Ek is nou nie n kenner op die gebied nie, maar hul doen dieselde ding met die rivier by Wildernis in die Wes Kaap omdat baie van die huise binne die vloed gebied val en hul, dus nie n natuurlike oop spoel van die mond kan bekostig nie. Die gevaar is egter dat die visse wat daardie buffer nodig het om volwasse te word voor hul kan uitgaan see toe dit nie meer kry nie en hul kans vir oorlewing word dus net nog minder. Nog n gevaar is dat die mond nie meer skoon spoel nie en daarom in die toekoms al hoe meer sand op die mos en plant lewe op die bodem van die rivier mond los.

Dit is sommer iets wat ek al op getel het in natuur bewaring. Hoop dit maak sin

[Toppie4x4]

Ek is bly...........................het lanklaas die mond oop gesien

[zepplin]

The mouth used to be open to the sea about 30 years ago but was closed up for some reason. Opening it up again will restore the natural balance to the eco-system as the lack of natural flow was causing problems.

[ChrisF]

The mouth used to be open to the sea about 30 years ago but was closed up for some reason. Opening it up again will restore the natural balance to the eco-system as the lack of natural flow was causing problems.

was it permanently open ?

Often these are closed for most of the year and would then pen during the rainy season only ... at least this is how it used to be at places such as Sedgefield, and Kleinmond.



I know the community medled with the Sedgfield system a few years back .... in 2007/2008 there was a massive flood and severe damage because the people closed the mounth too much and the floods caused damage long before the mouth was then again manually opened ....




die mens hou maar daarvan om in te meng ....

[stephanvaneeden]

Die mond was vroeer jare oopgehou deur sand wat uitgepomp is. N paar jaar terug, dink dit was ongeveer die selfde tyd toe die strande toegemaak is vir voertuie, het hul ook die ooppomp van die mond gestaak. Daar was groot kwessies tussen partye wat reken die natuur sal dit self oophou en die mense wat reken dit moet oopgepomp word.

[zepplin]

It used to be permanently open but due to sand being dumped there from some or other dredging operations it was closed off sometime in the late 70's.

[Kykdaar]

I remember fishing Mapelane and St Lucia in the 80's and the mouth was open.

Caught some big Kob and Grunther that obviously came into the estuary with the tide. Remember also seeing a Zambezi shark entering through the mouth channel one afternoon.

I always thought the mouth was meant to be open in order to have a healthy ecosystem and have the estuary function effectively as a nursery for fish to grow before spreading out along the coast.