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Hi All,
I want to recommend highly the Land and Sea episode shown this past wee=
kend on CBC about the demise of the last Atlantic Whitefish on earth, which=
is happening here right here in Nova Scotia.
This isn't a result of climate change but rather the direct actions of g=
overnments and sports fishermen. Here's a quick list of the actions that ca=
used the Atlantic Whitefish population go from tiny but stable to nearly or=
probably extinct.
1- The construction of a dam in the 1960's blocked the only exit to th=
e ocean for the fish which, like salmon, live much of their lives at sea.
2 - DFO ending a captive breeding program that was working to bring ba=
ck the population of Atlantic Whitefish to save the money that program cost=
.
3 - DFO destroying the breeding tanks and other infrastructure so the =
program could only be restarted at great expense; then taking all adult and=
young fish and dumping them in a lake near Burnside where they weren't mon=
itored, can't be fund anymore and may have all died.
4 - Lastly someone introducing Small Mouth Bass and then Chain Picker=
el into the three lakes that were the last known habitat of the Atlantic Wh=
itefish shortly after the loss of the captive breeding program resulted in =
the apparent loss of almost all the wild Atlantic Whitefish in those lakes.
At the moment a small number of juvenile fish have been collected an=
d they are trying to restart the captive breeding program but are unable to=
find enough adult fish, in the one lake where they are thought to remain, =
to get the program up and running. Estimates of the number of Atlantic Whit=
efish remaining range from 500 to 2000 but no one really knows for sure.
All the best.
Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley, CB
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<p>Hi All,</p>
<p> I want to recommend highly the Land and Sea episode shown =
this past weekend on CBC about the demise of the last Atlantic Wh=
itefish on earth, which is happening here right here in Nova Scotia.</=
p>
<p> This isn't a result of climate change but rather the direct=
actions of governments and sports fishermen. Here's a quick list of t=
he actions that caused the Atlantic Whitefish population go from tiny but s=
table to nearly or probably extinct.</p>
<p> 1- The construction of a dam in the 1960's blocked t=
he only exit to the ocean for the fish which, like salmon, live much o=
f their lives at sea.</p>
<p> 2 - DFO ending a captive breeding program that was w=
orking to bring back the population of Atlantic Whitefish to save the money=
that program cost.</p>
<p> 3 - DFO destroying the breeding tanks and other infr=
astructure so the program could only be restarted at great expense; then ta=
king all adult and young fish and dumping them in a lake near Bur=
nside where they weren't monitored, can't be fund anymore
and may have all died.</p>
<p> 4 - Lastly someone introducing Small Mouth Bas=
s and then Chain Pickerel into the three lakes that were the last know=
n habitat of the Atlantic Whitefish shortly after the loss of the capt=
ive breeding program resulted in the apparent loss of almost all
the wild Atlantic Whitefish in those lakes.</p>
<p> At the moment a small number of juvenile fish=
have been collected and they are trying to restart the captive b=
reeding program but are unable to find enough adult fish, in the one l=
ake where they are thought to remain, to get the program up and running.
Estimates of the number of Atlantic Whitefish remaining range from 500 to =
2000 but no one really knows for sure. </p>
<p> All the best.</p>
<p> &n=
bsp; Fritz McEvoy</p>
<p> &n=
bsp; Sunrise Valley,=
CB </p>
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