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Facebook to begin laying cable off Nova Scotia

• barbazoo 5y ago
  > The Canadian portion of the route will take the cable through fishing grounds and the Fundian Channel-Browns Bank Area of Interest, an area being considered for designation as a Marine Protected Area because of its deepsea corals and sponges. > Fishing groups in Nova Scotia say their feedback was ignored, including a suggested routing that would avoid key fishing grounds. > "The consultation here was largely non-existent," said Kris Vascotto with the Atlantic Groundfish Council, which represents large fishing companies in the region. > Facebook owns 80 per cent of the cable. Other partners in the project include Microsoft and Vodafone.