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Yes, alewife is probably the better and more widely recognized common name, but for only one of the two types of freshwater herring (shad is the 3rd type), namely alewife and blueback herring -- all three are species of the genus Alosa, I believe. Perhaps "kiack" refers collectively to both alewives/gaspereaux and blueback herring -- these two species are superficially very similar in appearance. Cheers from Jim ---------- From: Roland McCormick <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 21:36:04 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re gaspereau and ospreys, was Barrington River I went back again Sunday afternoon and saw an osprey with a fish, and today I noticed there were a number of men dip- netting. Gaspereau is the French name for the fish, Kiack is the Indian name I believe. I am not certain that Gaspereau is the best name to use - I believe there are two kinds of fish included in the school of fish - the English Alewives and a type of herring. The natives in this area have always used the name "Kiack", and I believe that is also true of the people in the Yarmouth area. Roland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 5:59 PM Subject: [NatureNS] re gaspereau and ospreys, was Barrington River
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