[NatureNS] oyster fishery and aquaculture in Bras d'Or Lake ?

From: "Dusan Soudek" <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 20:13:28 -0300
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   Is anyone on NatureNS following the oyster industry in Cape Breton? I =
have just returned from a multi-day canoe trip through the Bras =
d=E2=80=99Or Lake and was surprised by how much of the oyster =
aquaculture infrastructure seemed to be derelict or out of the water. =20
   MSX, the mysterious microscopic parasite was detected there in 2002, =
resulting in the virtual closure of the industry there. Has the oyster =
industry recovered? Has the parasite, thought to be originally from the =
Pacific, spread to other oyster-producing parts of the Maritimes? =20
   Dusan Soudek
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