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A friend of mine competed in a sailboard race from Peggy's Cove to Hubbards. He saw one of these large fins near him in the middle of St. Margaret's Bay and was terrified it was a shark. There is not much protection on a sailboard and you wouldn't want to fall off. It turned out to be a sunfish.
Don
Don MacNeill
donmacneill@eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: James W. Wolford
To: NatureNS ; John Gilhen ; Mike Dadswell ; Trevor Avery ; Alexandra Curtis
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 5:28 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] re Ocean Sunfish
I found Dennis's account of a living ocean sunfish in outer Halifax Harbour of interest, because of an experience of mine while out whale-watching off Brier Island quite a few years ago. From the tour boat we spotted what looked like a dorsal fin of a large shark above the surface of the water. The whale-watch personnel and many of us thought it was a basking shark just resting or feeding on the surface like they do. But, when we got closer, we could see it was an ocean sunfish that was vertically oriented in the water with its triangular dorsal fin sticking out. Often these sunfish will bask on the surface by lying on their sides, and then no fins are visible. These are strange fishes from more southern areas, and I think they feed primarily on jellyfish like the leatherback turtle does.
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
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From: John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>
Date: August 7, 2011 8:28:33 AM ADT
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Ocean Sun Fish
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
It was at Clementsport (Moose River estuary) in the Annapolis Basin.
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf OfAngelaJoudrey
Sent: August-07-11 7:57 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ocean Sun Fish
I read that recently "somewhere" ( NS? PEI? NB? ) a group of people tried to save a sun fish that found itself in too shallow water. If I remember the outcome was not in favour of the sun fish.
Might have been a CBC story. I do remember 'tropical fish' was in the headline.
Angela in Windsor
On 08/07/11, Dennis Hippern <dhippern@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hello All,
While out fishing on the waters of Halifax harbour today, I saw an Ocean Sun Fish
at about 12:00. It was seen traveling slowly in a northerly direction about 200m off
Sandwich Pt, which is on the west side of the harbour between Fergusons Cove and
Herring Cove. It was first seen swimming vertically with the dorsal fin out of the
water but laid over on its side as the boat passed beside it. I have a quite good photo
which I can e-mail to anyone who is interested once I get it down loaded from the
camera. I estimate that it was about 1.5m in height and length.
I found it worthy to note that there were very few birds around. D.C. Cormorant and
small numbers of the usual gulls, and two C Eider were the total.
Perhaps for the first time, no seals were seen. Also, no whales, dolphins or porpoises.
The fishing was also slow. Three fishers came up with only two small polack and about
twelve mackeral.
Cheers
Dennis Hippern
Cole Harbour, H.R.M.
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"The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."
Albert Einstein
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
John Muir
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A friend of mine competed in a sailboard race from
Peggy's Cove to Hubbards. He saw one of these large fins near him in the
middle of St. Margaret's Bay and was terrified it was a shark. There
is not much protection on a sailboard and you wouldn't want to fall off.
It turned out to be a sunfish.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Don</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Don MacNeill<BR><A
href="mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca">donmacneill@eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=jimwolford@eastlink.ca href="mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.
Wolford</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> ; <A title=GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca
href="mailto:GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca">John Gilhen</A> ; <A
title=mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca href="mailto:mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca">Mike
Dadswell</A> ; <A title=trevor.avery@acadiau.ca
href="mailto:trevor.avery@acadiau.ca">Trevor Avery</A> ; <A
title=acurtis@ecologyaction.ca href="mailto:acurtis@ecologyaction.ca">Alexandra
Curtis</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 07, 2011 5:28 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] re Ocean Sunfish</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I found Dennis's account of a living ocean sunfish in outer
Halifax Harbour of interest, because of an experience of mine while out
whale-watching off Brier Island quite a few years ago. From the tour boat
we spotted what looked like a dorsal fin of a large shark above the surface of
the water. The whale-watch personnel and many of us thought it was a
basking shark just resting or feeding on the surface like they do. But,
when we got closer, we could see it was an ocean sunfish that was vertically
oriented in the water with its triangular dorsal fin sticking out. Often
these sunfish will bask on the surface by lying on their sides, and then no fins
are visible. These are strange fishes from more southern areas, and I
think they feed primarily on jellyfish like the leatherback turtle does.
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<BR>
<DIV><BR>
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color=#000000 size=3 face=Helvetica><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica>John and Nhung <<A
href="mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</A>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"
color=#000000 size=3 face=Helvetica><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica>August 7, 2011 8:28:33 AM
ADT</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica><A
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000 size=3 face=Helvetica><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3 face=Helvetica><B>RE: [NatureNS] Ocean Sun
Fish</B></FONT></DIV>
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href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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was at Clementsport (Moose River estuary) in the Annapolis
Basin.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [<A
href="mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</A>]<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>On Behalf
Of</B>AngelaJoudrey<BR><B>Sent:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>August-07-11 7:57
AM<BR><B>To:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR><B>Subject:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Re: [NatureNS] Ocean Sun
Fish<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I
read that recently "somewhere" ( NS? PEI? NB? ) a group of people tried to
save a sun fish that found itself in too shallow water. If I remember the
outcome was not in favour of the sun fish.<BR><BR>Might have been a CBC story.
I do remember 'tropical fish' was in the headline.<BR><BR>Angela in
Windsor<BR><BR>On 08/07/11,<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>Dennis Hippern<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B><<A
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<DIV
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All,<BR> While out fishing on the waters of Halifax
harbour today, I saw an<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>Ocean Sun Fish</B><BR>at
about 12:00. It was seen traveling slowly in a northerly direction about
200m off<BR>Sandwich Pt, which is on the west side of the harbour
between Fergusons Cove and<BR>Herring Cove. It was first seen swimming
vertically with the dorsal fin out of the<BR>water but laid over on its
side as the boat passed beside it. I have a quite good photo<BR>which I
can e-mail to anyone who is interested once I get it down loaded from
the<BR>camera. I estimate that it was about 1.5m in height and
length.<BR> I found it worthy to note that there were
very few birds around. D.C. Cormorant and<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>small numbers of the usual
gulls, and two C Eider were the total.<BR> Perhaps for
the first time, no seals were seen. Also, no whales, dolphins or
porpoises.<BR> The fishing was also slow. Three fishers came
up with only two small polack and about<BR>twelve
mackeral.<BR>Cheers<BR>Dennis Hippern<BR>Cole Harbour,
H.R.M.<O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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same level of thinking that created them."<BR>Albert Einstein<BR><BR>"When one
tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the
world."<BR>John
Muir<BR><BR><BR><O:P></O:P></P></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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