From Save Dartmouth Cove
Today’s Bioblitz was cold, crisp, and absolutely incredible. More than a dozen divers, supported by an amazing team on land, headed into the Cove to document what’s really living beneath the waterline.
What they found was nothing short of extraordinary.
Sea stars, mussel beds, juvenile fish, crabs, anemones, hermit crabs, sculpins; a thriving, diverse ecosystem tucked just out of sight. When many of us look at the surface of the Cove, we see beauty. But these photos show an entire world below that most people never get to witness. This matters.
Bruce Wood of Atlantic Road Construction & Paving described the bottom of Dartmouth Cove as “three feet of black sludge” and a “very poor ecosystem” that “doesn’t support fish habitat.”
These photos tell a very different story.
Dartmouth Cove is alive. It is functioning habitat; complex, biodiverse, and worth protecting. And today’s dive teams proved that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
We are more energized than ever to defend this place. Dartmouth Cove is not a dumping ground. It is a living ecosystem, a community asset, and a reminder of what we stand to lose if infilling is allowed to continue.
Thank you to every diver, every volunteer, and every supporter who showed up today. Your time, your energy, and your passion matter, and together, we’re making it impossible to ignore what’s at stake.
Special thanks to @hunterefs for coordinating! https://www.instagram.com/p/DRGPxFKEQie/?img_index=1
