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--Boundary_(ID_HmJTfo+5FT9lwx3zhcDYPw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In response to James King, here in King's County in the Gaspereau River, the rainbow smelts run throughout April, while gaspereau (alias alewives) run in May and into June (but the commercial fishing for gaspereau stops at the end of May); and I believe shad then run a bit later. I always used to get the dates of the smelt start and gaspereau start from Kevin Reid at his store just south of the Melanson bridge. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> > Date: April 14, 2009 2:42:56 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] smelt runs > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 Stellarton NS > B0K 1S0 > 902 752-7644 > > Hi Gerald > Not sure whether the names have changed since I took my fish > biology 30+ years ago, but Gaspereau- Alosa pseudoharengus. Note > Shad is Alosa sapidissima and Atlantic herring is Clupea harengus > harengus. All are in the herring family-ClUPEIdae. I never noticed > till now that my undergrad university is in that name. > > American smelt is Osmerus mordax. This is somewhat more related to > the trout-salmon as they are in the same suborder. When we were > kids in PEI we used to be able to spring dip-net smelts out of > small tributaries of the Pisquid River. They are delicious and one > of my favoutite fish. > > River John in Pictou Co. often has a smelt dinner, but I don't see > it posted on their web-site so it may have already happened with > smelts fished through the ice. I do note there is a maple festival > in near-by West Branch in late April. > > Runs of Gaspereau, smelts, Silversides, eels etc. provide lots of > food for large rafts of ducks, cormorants and gulls in Pictou > Harbour. We have quite a large number of Bald Eagle nests in the > harbour area as well and returning Osprey in the summer. There is a > very dynamic system in operation here and one that likely has > changed immensely since construction of the Pictou Causeway and > the ashy Power Plant in Trenton. > cheers > ken > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Ruderman" > <naturens@zdoit.airpost.net> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:32 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] smelt runs > > >> James King wrote: >> . . . . >>> The smelt used to run around mid- to late-April once the snow had >>> gone >>> and immediately after the gaspereau had their own run at the >>> beginning >>> of April. All this was a long time ago and I don't know if it's >>> still >>> done. But if so, it would be an experience to remember; and a >>> feed of >>> fresh smelt are hard to beat. >> >> I thought gaspereau were smelt. Can someone tell me the genus and >> species of the gaspereau and smelt? >> >> Thanks > --Boundary_(ID_HmJTfo+5FT9lwx3zhcDYPw) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> In response to James King, here in King's County in the Gaspereau River, = the rainbow smelts run throughout April, while gaspereau (alias = alewives) run in May and into June (but the commercial fishing for = gaspereau stops at the end of May); and I believe shad then run a bit = later. =A0I always used to get the dates of the smelt start and = gaspereau start from Kevin Reid at his store just south of the Melanson = bridge. =A0<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Ken McKenna <<a = href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</a>></font></div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">April 14, 2009 2:42:56 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] smelt = runs</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ken = McKenna</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Box 218 Stellarton NS</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">B0K 1S0</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">902 = 752-7644</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Gerald</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Not sure = whether the names have changed since I took my fish biology 30+ years = ago, but Gaspereau- Alosa pseudoharengus. Note Shad is Alosa sapidissima = and<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>Atlantic herring is = Clupea harengus harengus. All are in the herring family-ClUPEIdae. I = never noticed till now that my undergrad university is in that = name.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">American smelt is Osmerus mordax. This is somewhat = more related to the trout-salmon as they are in the same suborder. When = we were kids in PEI we used to be able to spring dip-net smelts out of = small tributaries of the Pisquid River.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>They are delicious and one of = my favoutite fish.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">River John in Pictou Co. often = has a smelt dinner, but I don't see it posted on their web-site so it = may have already happened with smelts fished through the ice. I do note = there is a maple festival in near-by West Branch in late = April.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Runs of Gaspereau, smelts, Silversides, eels etc. = provide lots of food for large rafts of ducks, cormorants and gulls in = Pictou Harbour. We have quite a large number of Bald Eagle nests in the = harbour area as well and returning Osprey in the summer. There is a very = dynamic system in operation here and one that likely has changed = immensely since construction of the Pictou Causeway and the<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>ashy Power Plant in = Trenton.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">cheers</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">ken</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message ----- = From: "Gerald Ruderman" <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@zdoit.airpost.net">naturens@zdoit.airpost.net</a>>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:32 PM</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Re: [NatureNS] smelt runs</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">James King wrote:</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">. . . = .</div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The smelt = used to run around mid- to late-April once the snow had gone</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">and immediately after the gaspereau had their own = run at the beginning</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">of April. All this was a = long time ago and I don't know if it's still</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">done. But if so, it would be an experience to = remember; and a feed of</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">fresh smelt = are hard to beat.</div> </blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I thought gaspereau were smelt. = Can someone tell me the genus and</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">species of = the gaspereau and smelt?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span></div> </blockquote><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_HmJTfo+5FT9lwx3zhcDYPw)--
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