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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_AQzJjYYgMQ0rh5kZYtPIJA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Poor conditions lately for observations mean that the numbers of right whales observed over the past few days are undoubtedly lower than the real numbers still out there off the southern shore of New Brunswick. Jim in Wolfville Chronicle Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006 =20 Weather [and whales] delays lobster season for N.B. fishermen By CHRIS LAMBIE Staff Reporter The Bay of Fundy lobster season for New Brunswick fishermen has been delaye= d for 24 hours due to poor weather. The season was slated to start today, though officials had been considering putting it off for fear that endangered right whales spotted in the area might get caught in lobster gear. Both the weather and whale situation will be reassessed today, said Jerry Conway, a marine mammal expert with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. "The sea conditions are such that it=92s virtually impossible to get any good (right whale) count," Mr. Conway said Monday. "Though there was a report from the ferry that goes from Grand Manan to Blacks Harbour today that an individual on board who is familiar with right whales did sight 13 in that particular area." The right whales are lingering in the bay instead of moving to more southerly waters this fall. Warm water temperatures and a resulting continued abundance of plankton may be keeping the right whales here a little while longer, Mr. Conway said. Twenty-two whales were seen Friday and 12 were spotted Saturday. If even two female right whales die because they become entangled in fishin= g gear, the North Atlantic right whale population could be placed in serious jeopardy, Mr. Conway said. "There=92s over 300 licences for that general area and each fisherman has ove= r 300 traps, and they all have two vertical lines through the water plus the ground lines, so you have quite a cobweb, if you will, that these whales might encounter as they swim through the area feeding." ( clambie@herald.ca <http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/"mailto:clambie@herald.ca"> ) With Brian Medel, Yarmouth Bureau --Boundary_(ID_AQzJjYYgMQ0rh5kZYtPIJA) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Weather [and whales] delays lobster season for N.B. fishermen -- Her= ald, Nov. 14/06</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Poor conditions lately for observations mean that the numbers of right whal= es observed over the past few days are undoubtedly lower than the real numbe= rs still out there off the southern shore of New Brunswick. Jim in Wol= fville<BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Chronicle Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006<= BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> Weather [and whales] delays lobster season for N.B. fishermen<BR> <BR> By CHRIS LAMBIE Staff Reporter <BR> <BR> The Bay of Fundy lobster season for New Brunswick fishermen has been delaye= d for 24 hours due to poor weather. <BR> <BR> The season was slated to start today, though officials had been considering= putting it off for fear that endangered right whales spotted in the area mi= ght get caught in lobster gear. <BR> <BR> Both the weather and whale situation will be reassessed today, said Jerry C= onway, a marine mammal expert with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. <= BR> <BR> "The sea conditions are such that it=92s virtually impossible to get any= good (right whale) count," Mr. Conway said Monday. <BR> <BR> "Though there was a report from the ferry that goes from Grand Manan t= o Blacks Harbour today that an individual on board who is familiar with righ= t whales did sight 13 in that particular area." <BR> <BR> The right whales are lingering in the bay instead of moving to more souther= ly waters this fall. <BR> <BR> Warm water temperatures and a resulting continued abundance of plankton may= be keeping the right whales here a little while longer, Mr. Conway said. <B= R> <BR> Twenty-two whales were seen Friday and 12 were spotted Saturday. <BR> <BR> If even two female right whales die because they become entangled in fishin= g gear, the North Atlantic right whale population could be placed in serious= jeopardy, Mr. Conway said. <BR> <BR> "There=92s over 300 licences for that general area and each fisherman ha= s over 300 traps, and they all have two vertical lines through the water plu= s the ground lines, so you have quite a cobweb, if you will, that these whal= es might encounter as they swim through the area feeding." <BR> <BR> ( clambie@herald.ca <http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/"mailt= o:clambie@herald.ca"> ) <BR> <BR> With Brian Medel, Yarmouth Bureau<BR> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_AQzJjYYgMQ0rh5kZYtPIJA)--
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