[NatureNS] White Hake? Port George, Annapolis Co. NS, and cool NOAA Fish ...

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25 to 35 years ago there were lots of hake in St Margaret Bay. I could  
catch any number  by the bell buoy at the mouth of the cove. If I was too  lazy 
to fish the fishermen would sell the ones from the mackerel traps for a  
quarter. In recent years they have disappeared.
Peter Stow
Hubbards
 
 
In a message dated 2015-10-21 4:53:42 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time,  
ianmanning4@gmail.com writes:

Hey Everyone,  

Yesterday (20 October 2015) at Port George Beach, Annapolis Co. I  came 
across this fish washed up, dead, in the surf.


http://imgur.com/a/CXMPU



My car keys are about 9.5cm in total length, the fish was a decent  size. 


I didn't have my fish books with me, but I keyed it out with a Gulf of  
Maine Fishes key I found online (sub key linked) and landed on White Hake. Can  
anyone confirm an ID, positive or otherwise? On a side note, are there any  
freely accessible online keys for our region? 


http://www.gma.org/fogm/cod_silver-hake.htm#Cod_key


While I was looking to confirm the ID, I found _this map_ 
(http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_White%20Hake_2013_e.p
df)  that showed dragger catches of white hake from  1968 to 2014 and it 
looks like the fish is certainly within range (or  should be if the study area 
stuck out a bit further north). I hadn't seen  these maps before today, but 
they're really cool. Interesting to see the  ranges change over time. The 
link to maps for all the fish included is  provided below. 


http://nefsc.noaa.gov/ecosys/spatial-analyses/







Thanks,
Ian





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<DIV>Peter Stow</DIV>
<DIV>Hubbards</DIV>
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ianmanning4@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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  <DIV dir=3Dltr>Hey Everyone,=20
  <DIV><BR>Yesterday (20 October 2015) at Port George Beach, Annapolis Co.=
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  came across this fish washed up, dead, in the surf.</DIV>
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  <DIV>My car keys are about 9.5cm in total length, the fish was a decent=
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  size.&nbsp;</DIV>
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  anyone confirm an ID, positive or otherwise? On a side note, are there=
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  <DIV>While I was looking to confirm the ID, I found <A=20
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  target=3D_blank>this map</A>&nbsp;that showed dragger catches of white=
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  1968 to 2014&nbsp;and it looks like the fish is certainly within range=
 (or=20
  should be if the study area stuck out a bit further north). I hadn't see=
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  these maps before today, but they're really cool. Interesting to see the=
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  ranges change over time. The link to maps for all the fish included is=
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  provided below.&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><A title=3Dhttp://nefsc.noaa.gov/ecosys/spatial-analyses/=20
  href=3D"http://nefsc.noaa.gov/ecosys/spatial-analyses/">http://nefsc.noa=
a.gov/ecosys/spatial-analyses/</A><BR></DIV>
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  <DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
  <DIV>Ian</DIV>
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