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It's nice to hear of the possibly recovering Cod off our coastline. Hope
they achieve great sizes.
I've just returned from Forillon in the Gaspe, where folks settled and once
thrived on the cod fishery. There were large numbers of Northern Gannets
diving and feeding daily. Spectacular to watch. I enquired about the
Gannet colony on Bonaventure and apparently it was an excellent year,
reproductively. The Kittiwake colony also had a good year and is expanding
on the cliffs at Forillon. The theory is that the large cod are still
missing in the food chain and so there are lots of smaller prey items for
these birds.
Bald eagles have become a common resident along the cliffs of Forillon, a
species that was rare in 1992 when I worked there. It's interesting to
observe the changes in species abundances over time, and at least see some
species recovering/expanding. Some good news among the darkness.
Donna
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Hubcove@aol.com
Sent: September-19-16 8:06 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Fish
Fishing at the mouth of St Magarets Bay a couple of days ago it was
encouraging to find an abundance of Cod. Lots of small ones but plenty in
the 5 to 7lb range. Also Pollock in the 18 to 20 inch range which is
something we haven't seen in a while. No Mammals except for a couple of
seals but a very large Bluefin jumped a couple of times. One other
observation is that there seems to be few Northern Gannets this year.
Peter Stow
Hubbards
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D'>It’s nice to hear of the possibly recovering Cod off our =
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D'>I’ve just returned from Forillon in the Gaspe, where folks =
settled and once thrived on the cod fishery. There were large =
numbers of Northern Gannets diving and feeding daily. Spectacular =
to watch. I enquired about the Gannet colony on Bonaventure and =
apparently it was an excellent year, reproductively. The Kittiwake =
colony also had a good year and is expanding on the cliffs at =
Forillon. The theory is that the large cod are still missing in =
the food chain and so there are lots of smaller prey items for these =
birds. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'>Bald eagles have become a common resident along the cliffs of =
Forillon, a species that was rare in 1992 when I worked there. =
It’s interesting to observe the changes in species =
abundances over time, and at least see some species =
recovering/expanding. Some good news among the =
darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hubcove@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> September-19-16 8:06 =
AM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] =
Fish<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
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style=3D'font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fishing at the =
mouth of St Magarets Bay a couple of days ago it was encouraging to find =
an abundance of Cod. Lots of small ones but plenty in the 5 to 7lb =
range. Also Pollock in the 18 to 20 inch range which is something we =
haven't