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just&nbsp; ---2114655128-1266677434-1342203478=:56596 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Peter and All=0AInteresting about the squid.=0AAlso numerous reports of = Bluefish in Minas Basin. Quite rare to get them there and=0Ausually they do= n't come to NS until August. They prey on squid and follow them around.=0AT= here is reports of the water being warmer than usual in the Minas Basin als= o but=0Ahow accurate these reports I don't know.=0AAn interesting summer!= =0AEnjoy it=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: "Hu= bcove@aol.com" <Hubcove@aol.com>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Fri= day, July 13, 2012 7:43:36 AM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Peale's Squid sea-m= ops of eggs at Evangeline Beach (long)=0A =0A=0ALots of squid in the cove r= ight now, some up to 18 =0Ainches.=0APeter Stow=0AHubbards=0A=A0=0AIn a mes= sage dated 12/07/2012 10:42:00 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, =0Ahebdaaj@gov.= ns.ca writes:=0AHi Jim =0A>=0A>Found some at the weir at Carr's Brook=A0 on= the 25th of June, 5 =0A Islands Park (by the Old wife)=A0 7th of July and= Burntcoat Head on the =0A 10th of July.=A0 Nothing like the masses laid i= n 1979 and 1980, but still =0A impressive=A0 "egg mops".=A0 Some small squ= id in some of teh tide pools, =0A but nothing over about 15 cm mantle =0A = lengths.=0A>=0A>Andrew=0A>=0A>=0A>>>> "James W. Wolford" =0A <jimwolford@= eastlink.ca> 07/12/12 10:05 PM >>>=0A>JULY 12, 2012 =0A - Yesterday Roy Bi= shop sent me two photos of a huge=A0 =0A>mass of eggs =0A (egg-mops) from = oodles of female Peale's or Shortfin=A0 =0A>Squids, Loligo =0A pealei (now= named Longfin Inshore Squid (Doryteuthis=A0 =0A>pealeii)(according to a Wi= kipedia=A0 search of "Loligo") on =0A Evangeline=A0 =0A>Beach at high-tide= line not far from his cottage, which =0A is east of=A0 =0A>the viewing pl= atform and new stairs.=0A>=0A>Thus today in =0A early afternoon (tide low)= I descended the new public=A0 =0A>stairs (very =0A nice and sturdy and sh= ould last for many years) to the=A0 =0A>upper beach =0A and walked eastwar= d, toward Boot Island.=A0 In a very short=A0 =0A>time =0A I began discover= ing lots of flattened thick "pancakes" of=A0 =0A>sediment-encrusted batches= of "sea-mops" (good description) of the=A0 =0A>squid eggs.=A0 Batches were= of variable sizes, and eventually, =0A just=A0 =0A>past Roy's stairs and = cottage, found a large batch among some =0A rocks,=A0 =0A>quite possibly s= ome of the big batch photographed by Roy =0A yesterday.=A0=A0 =0A>It looke= d to my eye like the various batches of =0A eggs represented=A0 =0A>differ= ent stages of development, and some that Roy =0A noticed yesterday=A0 =0A>= were clearly close to hatching, since they showed =0A the paired dark eyes= .=0A>=0A>I very fondly recall, back in my teaching days, =0A finding some = Peale's=A0 =0A>Squid eggs that were just hatching, and the =0A little hatc= hlings were=A0 =0A>incredibly cute and well-developed, with the =0A eyes, = two tentacles or=A0 =0A>arms, pigment cells that were big and =0A coloured= and actively=A0 =0A>condensing and expanding, functional fins on =0A the = mantle, and jet- =0A>propulsion mechanisms intact, so that the squidlets = =0A were moving in=A0 =0A>the water sort-of like "water fleas" (Daphnia, = =0A Cladocerans,=A0 =0A>crustaceans).=A0 Such were my nostalgic memories, = =0A which may not be=A0 =0A>truly realistic, since it was decades ago that= I =0A last observed this,=A0 =0A>with eggs probably from Kingsport?=0A>= =0A>I'm =0A pretty sure I recall somebody finding these eggs at Scots' Bay= too?=0A>=0A>I =0A got out Merritt Gibson's book, "Seashores of the Mariti= mes" (2003,=A0 =0A>Nimbus Publishing), and he wrote of the mops of eggs:=0A= >=0A>"...If =0A collected, they will continue to grow in chilled and fresh= =A0 =0A>seawater.=A0 Examine several clusters with a hand lens.=A0 The =0A = cells=A0 =0A>divide quickly and, in about 3 days, completely overgrow the = =0A yolk.=A0=A0 =0A>Eyes appear when the embryos are about 3.5 days old, = =0A arms at about=A0 =0A>5.5 days, and the mantle cylinder at 6.5 days.=A0= =0A Young larvae pulsate,=A0 =0A>the older ones spin around within the eg= g =0A capsules, the heart starts=A0 =0A>beating, and the red and yellow sp= ots =0A appear at about the same time=A0 =0A>as do the fins.=A0 The squid = =0A hatches at day 20 in water at 16 to 18=A0 =0A>degrees C...."=0A>=0A>Me= rritt =0A did a lab study of development rates at different=A0 =0A>tempera= tures =0A decades ago, and somewhere in my files I still have that=A0 =0A>= manuscript =0A (I think).=0A>=0A>Back on June 15, 2012, Gerry Cudmore phot= ographed a much =0A smaller=A0 =0A>quantity of sea-mops of egg-fingers of = Peale's Squids =0A further north=A0 =0A>between Delhaven and Blomidon on t= he Minas Basin =0A beach.=0A>=0A>Peale's Squid or the Long-finned Squid is= a relatively =0A warm-water=A0 =0A>squid, existing as adults mainly south= of Cape Cod, I =0A think, although=A0 =0A>the Wikipedia has them as far n= orth as Newfoundland =0A (?).=A0 The squids=A0 =0A>on the Squid-Jigging Gr= ound of Newfoundland =0A are Boreal Squids, Illex=A0 =0A>illecebrosus, ali= as Short-finned or =0A Shortfin Squids.=0A>=0A>For people who inquire off = the list, I can provide Roy =0A Bishop's=A0 =0A>photographs of the egg-clu= sters at Evangeline Beach =0A yesterday.=0A>=0A>Cheers from Jim in =0AWolf= ville.=0A> ---2114655128-1266677434-1342203478=:56596 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Peter a= nd All</span></div><div><span>Interesting about the squid.</span></div><div= ><span>Also numerous reports of Bluefish in Minas Basin. Quite rare to get = them there and</span></div><div><span>usually they don't come to NS until A= ugust. They prey on squid and follow them around.</span></div><div><span>Th= ere is reports of the water being warmer than usual in the Minas Basin also= but</span></div><div><span>how accurate these reports I don't know.</span>= </div><div><span>An interesting summer!</span></div><div><span>Enjoy it</sp= an></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br><= /div> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, ser= if; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new = york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From= :</span></b> "Hubcove@aol.com" <Hubcove@aol.com><br> <b><span style= =3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><spa= n style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, July 13, 2012 7:43:= 36 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Na= tureNS] Peale's Squid sea-mops of eggs at Evangeline Beach (long)<br> </fon= t> </div> <br><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"off"><= div id=3D"yiv316632158">=0A=0A =0A =0A<div><font id=3D"yiv316632158role_doc= ument" color=3D"#000000" size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">=0A<div><font size=3D"4"= >Lots of squid in the cove right now, some up to 18 =0Ainches.</font></div>= =0A<div><font size=3D"4">Peter Stow</font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4">Hu= bbards</font></div>=0A<div> </div>=0A<div>=0A<div>In a message dated 1= 2/07/2012 10:42:00 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, =0Ahebdaaj@gov.ns.ca writes= :</div>=0A<blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:blue 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;= MARGIN-LEFT:5px;"><font style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;" color=3D"#0= 00000" size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Hi Jim =0A <br><br>Found some at the weir= at Carr's Brook on the 25th of June, 5 =0A Islands Park (by the Old= wife) 7th of July and Burntcoat Head on the =0A 10th of July. = Nothing like the masses laid in 1979 and 1980, but still =0A impressive&n= bsp; "egg mops". Some small squid in some of teh tide pools, =0A but= nothing over about 15 cm mantle =0A lengths.<br><br>Andrew<br><br><br>>= ;>> "James W. Wolford" =0A <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> 07/12/12 1= 0:05 PM >>><br>JULY 12, 2012 =0A - Yesterday Roy Bishop sent me t= wo photos of a huge <br>mass of eggs =0A (egg-mops) from oodles of f= emale Peale's or Shortfin <br>Squids, Loligo =0A pealei (now named L= ongfin Inshore Squid (Doryteuthis =0A <br>pealeii)(according to a Wi= kipedia search of "Loligo") on =0A Evangeline <br>Beach at hig= h-tide line not far from his cottage, which =0A is east of <br>the v= iewing platform and new stairs.<br><br>Thus today in =0A early afternoon (= tide low) I descended the new public <br>stairs (very =0A nice and s= turdy and should last for many years) to the <br>upper beach =0A and= walked eastward, toward Boot Island. In a very short <br>time = =0A I began discovering lots of flattened thick "pancakes" of =0A <= br>sediment-encrusted batches of "sea-mops" (good description) of the = =0A <br>squid eggs. Batches were of variable sizes, and eventually,= =0A just <br>past Roy's stairs and cottage, found a large batch amo= ng some =0A rocks, <br>quite possibly some of the big batch photogra= phed by Roy =0A yesterday. <br>It looked to my eye like the va= rious batches of =0A eggs represented <br>different stages of develo= pment, and some that Roy =0A noticed yesterday <br>were clearly clos= e to hatching, since they showed =0A the paired dark eyes.<br><br>I very f= ondly recall, back in my teaching days, =0A finding some Peale's <br= >Squid eggs that were just hatching, and the =0A little hatchlings were&nb= sp; <br>incredibly cute and well-developed, with the =0A eyes, two tentacl= es or <br>arms, pigment cells that were big and =0A coloured and act= ively <br>condensing and expanding, functional fins on =0A the mantl= e, and jet- <br>propulsion mechanisms intact, so that the squidlets =0A we= re moving in <br>the water sort-of like "water fleas" (Daphnia, =0A = Cladocerans, <br>crustaceans). Such were my nostalgic memories,= =0A which may not be <br>truly realistic, since it was decades ago = that I =0A last observed this, <br>with eggs probably from Kingsport= ?<br><br>I'm =0A pretty sure I recall somebody finding these eggs at Scots= ' Bay too?<br><br>I =0A got out Merritt Gibson's book, "Seashores of the M= aritimes" (2003, =0A <br>Nimbus Publishing), and he wrote of the mop= s of eggs:<br><br>"...If =0A collected, they will continue to grow in chil= led and fresh =0A <br>seawater. Examine several clusters with = a hand lens. The =0A cells <br>divide quickly and, in about 3 = days, completely overgrow the =0A yolk. <br>Eyes appear when t= he embryos are about 3.5 days old, =0A arms at about <br>5.5 days, a= nd the mantle cylinder at 6.5 days. =0A Young larvae pulsate, = <br>the older ones spin around within the egg =0A capsules, the heart star= ts <br>beating, and the red and yellow spots =0A appear at about the= same time <br>as do the fins. The squid =0A hatches at day 20= in water at 16 to 18 <br>degrees C...."<br><br>Merritt =0A did a la= b study of development rates at different <br>temperatures =0A decad= es ago, and somewhere in my files I still have that <br>manuscript = =0A (I think).<br><br>Back on June 15, 2012, Gerry Cudmore photographed a = much =0A smaller <br>quantity of sea-mops of egg-fingers of Peale's = Squids =0A further north <br>between Delhaven and Blomidon on the Mi= nas Basin =0A beach.<br><br>Peale's Squid or the Long-finned Squid is a re= latively =0A warm-water <br>squid, existing as adults mainly south o= f Cape Cod, I =0A think, although <br>the Wikipedia has them as far = north as Newfoundland =0A (?). The squids <br>on the Squid-Jig= ging Ground of Newfoundland =0A are Boreal Squids, Illex <br>illeceb= rosus, alias Short-finned or =0A Shortfin Squids.<br><br>For people who in= quire off the list, I can provide Roy =0A Bishop's <br>photographs o= f the egg-clusters at Evangeline Beach =0A yesterday.<br><br>Cheers from J= im in =0AWolfville.<br></font></blockquote></div></font></div></div><meta h= ttp-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"on"><br><br> </div> </div> = </div></body></html> ---2114655128-1266677434-1342203478=:56596--
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