Show r 1 f p. p 1 I I I I j I r 1 I 1 I j I f q I AR ARD Y j I D THE j i J r I I I 1 w J J j T 1 9 c 1 iN f t f HI i T 0 j r 01 i. i IN I N THE T H E NATION N AT IN 0 3 New York Toxic Red Tide Prompts Fishery Closures The worst toxic red tide in a generation is contaminating dozens of major shellfish shellfish shellfish shell shell- fish beds in New England prompting fishery closures from Maine to Nantucket where clams mussels and bay scallops are a coastal community's commercial commercial com com- mercial lifeblood In terms of the region this red tide is unprecedented said Don Anderson a specialist on red tides and harmful algae blooms at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod This is a huge area that is affected On Saturday town officials in Chatham at the southeast tip of Cape Cod where fisherman harvest about 4 million worth of sheIl shellfish fish every year finished finished finished fin fin- closing all local waters for the first time in 20 years Scientists at Woods Hole lole believe this recent outbreak was a confluence of natural natural natural nat nat- ural events that began in the Gulf of Maine earlier this year Heavy snows followed by torrential spring rains lowered the normal salinity of coastal seawater and created conditions conditions conditions condi condi- ideal for dormant cysts in the sediments sediments sediments sedi sedi- ments of the Gulf of Maine to grow More freshwater entered the Gulf this year than in the past decade they said Then two ocean storms in a row blowing blowing blowing blow blow- ing from the Northeast herded the growing growing growing grow grow- ing organisms micro-organisms directly into the areas of shell fisheries concentrating them along the coastline Relatively balmy weather ever since fostered their explosive spread When this is all said and done everyone everyone everyone every every- one will be pointing fingers about why this was such a big event Anderson said Was this all meteorology was this a pollution story are there other factors factors factors fac fac- tors Florida OAS to Convene in Reclaimed Beach Town For three days beginning Sunday thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of visitors of a very different sort will be paying a visit to Fort Lauderdale The TIle Organization of American States is holding its annual General Assembly here providing this city with an unaccustomed moment in the international spotlight and an opportunity to display its new face An estimated diplomats delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates guests observers and journalists are expected at the OAS' OAS highest decision- decision making forum which last met in the United States in 1974 On Monday President Bush will fly in to address foreign foreign foreign for for- eign ministers from 34 nations every country in the Americas except Cuba andis and andis andis is expected to speak about extending the benefits of democracy in the hemisphere US U.S. Secretary of State Rice will be the official host for the gathering gathering gathering gath gath- ering to be held at the Broward County Convention Center Participants in the OAS assembly are going to feel at home predicted Irene Klinger director of communications and external relations for the Washington D.C.-based D.C. based organization In 1989 the city passed a 29 million bond issue to redevelop the six-block six Strip that had been the collegiate spring-breakers' spring hangout of choice as aswell aswell aswell well as the property along the New River downtown A combination of public and private financing gave the city a performing perform perform- ing arts center and art and science muse muse- In 1991 the 49 million county convention convention convention con con- center opened paid for by a hotel room tax Weve changed our face Grossman said We dont don't look anything like a college college college col col- lege student might remember if they were here on spring break |