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---2114655128-1162767993-1344532489=:19612 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=0ALast night I went to the Cornwallis River to volunteer with=0Athe = lads doing the fish =A0study there. I was shocked with what I saw.=0AThe wa= ter is warm, 20 C as a guess, the lads were fishing with worms=0Aand big ho= oks with big barbs on them. Good if you were going to fry the fish.=0AThey = were extremely rough with the fish. They caught 8 brook trout=0Abetween 16 = - 24 cms so they were small. They put them in a pail with maybe=0A12 in of = water. When I looked one had already died and I wouldn't be selling=0Ainsur= ance to any of the rest. They were quite a piece from where they done=0Athe= tagging - they had to carry them and the temp was mid 20s.=0ATo my knowled= ge the study is a joint thing with Acadia University and=0Athe Department o= f Fisheries. Hard to believe these folks would do thing like=0Athat but see= ing is believing.=0AIf studies like this are going to be done, the operator= s need be shown=0Aproper methods. The lads are good lads but just weren't t= aught proper respect=0Afor the fish. Not that there isn't plenty experts on= =A0handling fish in Nova Scotia.=0AThere is not good tagging fish that wil= l die.=0AThey told me they had tagged 250 fish and only had 3 recaptures - = that with=0Afishing the same part of the river nearly every day. One fellow= said Now I know=0Athe reason why.=0AHope they will improve the situation.= =0APaul=0A ---2114655128-1162767993-1344532489=:19612 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:; background-color:; font-family:times new = roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi All</div><div><div st= yle=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">Last night I went to the Cornwallis River = to volunteer with</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">the lads doi= ng the fish study there. I was shocked with what I saw.</div><div sty= le=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">The water is warm, 20 C as a guess, the lad= s were fishing with worms</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">and = big hooks with big barbs on them. Good if you were going to fry the fish.</= div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">They were extremely rough with = the fish. They caught 8 brook trout</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 6= 9); ">between 16 - 24 cms so they were small. They put them in a pail with = maybe</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">12 in of water. When I l= ooked one had already died and I wouldn't be selling</div><div style=3D"col= or: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">insurance to any of the rest. They were quite a piece from wher= e they done</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">the tagging - they= had to carry them and the temp was mid 20s.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(= 69, 69, 69); ">To my knowledge the study is a joint thing with Acadia Unive= rsity and</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">the Department of Fi= sheries. Hard to believe these folks would do thing like</div><div style=3D= "color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">that but seeing is believing.</div><div style=3D= "color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">If studies like this are going to be done, the o= perators need be shown</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">proper = methods. The lads are good lads but just weren't taught proper respect</div= ><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">for the fish. Not that there isn't= plenty experts on handling fish in Nova Scotia.</div><div style=3D"c= olor: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">There is not good tagging fish that will die.</div= ><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">They told me they had tagged 250 fish a= nd only had 3 recaptures - that with</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, = 69); ">fishing the same part of the river nearly every day. One fellow said= Now I know</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">the reason why.</d= iv><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">Hope they will improve the situa= tion.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); ">Paul</div><br class=3D"A= pple-interchange-newline"></div></div></body></html> ---2114655128-1162767993-1344532489=:19612--
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