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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_027E_01CD8E75.548591D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pursuant to Dusan=E2=80=99s report, I have a question that I think = relates to the harbour clean-up as it has affected that area (Eastern = Passage). At low tide people wade in the water south of = McCormack=E2=80=99s beach, picking up large clams (Quohogs?) four or = five inches across, which are on or just under the sand surface. These = clams have a black coating on their shells. It can be scraped off with = a fingernail. Is this coating gunk left over from the days of = pollution, or is it particular to this type of clam? People eat them. Jane From: Dusan Soudek=20 Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 10:13 AM To: NatureNS=20 Subject: [NatureNS] harbour porpoises in Halifax Harbour Yesterday, during the annual McNabs Island Paddle and Cleanup, some = of us observed two harbour porpoises in Eastern Passage. (The channel, = not the eponymous community.) They are not a particularly common sight = in Halifax Harbour. The water around the harbour islands is much clearer than before the = sewage plants came on-stream a few years ago, and the eelgrass beds have = expanded considerably. Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_027E_01CD8E75.548591D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19154"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>Pursuant to Dusan=E2=80=99s report, I have a question that I think = relates to the=20 harbour clean-up as it has affected that area (Eastern Passage). = At low=20 tide people wade in the water south of McCormack=E2=80=99s beach, = picking up large clams=20 (Quohogs?) four or five inches across, which are on or just under the = sand=20 surface. These clams have a black coating on their shells. = It can be=20 scraped off with a fingernail. Is this coating gunk left over from = the=20 days of pollution, or is it particular to this type of clam? = People eat=20 them.</DIV> <DIV>Jane</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dsoudekd@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">Dusan Soudek</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 09, 2012 10:13 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] harbour porpoises in Halifax=20 Harbour</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Yesterday, during the annual McNabs = Island Paddle=20 and Cleanup, some of us observed two harbour porpoises in Eastern = Passage. (The=20 channel, not the eponymous community.) They are not a particularly = common sight=20 in Halifax Harbour.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> The water around the harbour islands is = much=20 clearer than before the sewage plants came on-stream a few years ago, = and the=20 eelgrass beds have expanded considerably.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan=20 Soudek</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_027E_01CD8E75.548591D0--
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