[NatureNS] Acadia Biology Seminar Thurs. Mar. 27, 11:30 a.m., Patterson Hall 308

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> From: Wanda Langley <wanda.langley@acadiau.ca>
> Date: March 25, 2008 6:44:19 AM ADT
>
> Subject: FW: Biology Seminar  -- ALL ARE WELCOME!!
>
>
>
> The Biology seminar for Thursday, March 27th will be given by =20
> Trevor Avery from the biology department.
>
> His presentation is titled, =93One Fish, Two Fish, Conch Fish, Booze =20=

> Fish. Rastafarian Fisheries and the Loss of Partnership, =20
> Population, and Phenotype.=94
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>
>
> Six surveyed Pedro Bank, Jamaica (in lore). During the winter of 1994.
>
> For conch were the food in Miami most sought, and the fisheries =20
> were becoming a rotten lot.
>
> Once on the Dolphin, with a hold full of ice, to trade with the =20
> locals (It was good advice).
>
> We took to the sea smugglin=92 a bottle of rum, dive tanks in stacks, =20=

> and Jerk spice in tonne.
>
> Sums of conch knocked, and sampled with care. Out fell some fish. =20
> What were they doing there?
>
> =93Conchfish!=94, said Dinsey, and samples were kept. Rum preserve =20
> proving to be most adept.
>
> Fast forward 10 years, academic glacial pace, keen students, a =20
> museum, and the right place.
>
> Bahamian conchfish too! What a find in a jar. Compared to Jamaica, =20
> are they really on par?
>
> (Restraint from inserting reference to analysis in R. We really =20
> don=92t need to take it that far.)
>
> If conch are fished out, the conchfish go too. Partnerships broken, =20=

> populations askew.
>
>
>
>
>
> *Seminars take place Thursdays from 11:30 to 12:30 in PAT 308. =20
> Refreshments are provided, and everyone is welcome. Feel free to =20
> bring your own mug*
>
>
>
>
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<B><FONT color=3D"navy"><SPAN =
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27<SUP>th</SUP></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=3D"green"><SPAN =
style=3D"color:green"> </SPAN></FONT></B>will be given by <B><FONT =
color=3D"navy"><SPAN style=3D"color:navy;font-weight:bold">Trevor =
Avery</SPAN></FONT></B> from the biology =
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size=3D"4" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN =
style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Once on the Dolphin, =
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advice).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align:center"><FONT size=3D"4" =
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align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align:center"><FONT size=3D"4" =
face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN =
style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Sums of conch knocked, =
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style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Fast forward 10 years, =
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style=3D"text-align:center"><FONT size=3D"4" face=3D"Garamond"><SPAN =
style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond">(Restraint from =
inserting reference to analysis in R. We really don=92t need to take it =
that far.)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align:center"><FONT size=3D"4" =
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d">*Seminars take place Thursdays from 11:30 to 12:30 in PAT =
308.=A0Refreshments are provided, and everyone is welcome. Feel free to =
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