What will the laying of the cable do to the bottom of the ocean and marine life there? What about the reefs, currents, fishing, and whales?
This will be explored as part of the EIS. Based on the experience of laying similar cables elsewhere, the impacts are brief and minimal. Laying the cable does cause some turbulence on the ocean floor and in the waters, but within days this settles and the area returns to normal. This has been the experience elsewhere.
