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--Boundary_(ID_muwZ99TbRATwUIJc9qEqBA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I found Dennis's account of a living ocean sunfish in outer Halifax Harbour of interest, because of an experience of mine while out whale- watching off Brier Island quite a few years ago. From the tour boat we spotted what looked like a dorsal fin of a large shark above the surface of the water. The whale-watch personnel and many of us thought it was a basking shark just resting or feeding on the surface like they do. But, when we got closer, we could see it was an ocean sunfish that was vertically oriented in the water with its triangular dorsal fin sticking out. Often these sunfish will bask on the surface by lying on their sides, and then no fins are visible. These are strange fishes from more southern areas, and I think they feed primarily on jellyfish like the leatherback turtle does. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> > Date: August 7, 2011 8:28:33 AM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Ocean Sun Fish > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > It was at Clementsport (Moose River estuary) in the Annapolis Basin. > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens- > owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf OfAngelaJoudrey > Sent: August-07-11 7:57 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ocean Sun Fish > > I read that recently "somewhere" ( NS? PEI? NB? ) a group of people > tried to save a sun fish that found itself in too shallow water. If > I remember the outcome was not in favour of the sun fish. > > Might have been a CBC story. I do remember 'tropical fish' was in > the headline. > > Angela in Windsor > > On 08/07/11, Dennis Hippern <dhippern@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > While out fishing on the waters of Halifax harbour today, I saw > an Ocean Sun Fish > at about 12:00. It was seen traveling slowly in a northerly > direction about 200m off > Sandwich Pt, which is on the west side of the harbour between > Fergusons Cove and > Herring Cove. It was first seen swimming vertically with the dorsal > fin out of the > water but laid over on its side as the boat passed beside it. I > have a quite good photo > which I can e-mail to anyone who is interested once I get it down > loaded from the > camera. I estimate that it was about 1.5m in height and length. > I found it worthy to note that there were very few birds > around. D.C. Cormorant and > small numbers of the usual gulls, and two C Eider were the total. > Perhaps for the first time, no seals were seen. Also, no > whales, dolphins or porpoises. > The fishing was also slow. Three fishers came up with only two > small polack and about > twelve mackeral. > Cheers > Dennis Hippern > Cole Harbour, H.R.M. > -- > "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same > level of thinking that created them." > Albert Einstein > > "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to > the rest of the world." > John Muir > > > --Boundary_(ID_muwZ99TbRATwUIJc9qEqBA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I found Dennis's account of a living ocean sunfish in outer Halifax = Harbour of interest, because of an experience of mine while out = whale-watching off Brier Island quite a few years ago. =46rom the = tour boat we spotted what looked like a dorsal fin of a large shark = above the surface of the water. The whale-watch personnel and many = of us thought it was a basking shark just resting or feeding on the = surface like they do. But, when we got closer, we could see it was = an ocean sunfish that was vertically oriented in the water with its = triangular dorsal fin sticking out. Often these sunfish will bask = on the surface by lying on their sides, and then no fins are visible. = These are strange fishes from more southern areas, and I think = they feed primarily on jellyfish like the leatherback turtle does. = <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">John and Nhung <<a = href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">nhungjohn@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">August 7, 2011 8:28:33 AM = 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] Ocean Sun = Fish</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> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: aut