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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01D8_01D03585.A23243B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, We recently had wind chills of -23 C. This account from Norway = reports fish flash frozen when air temperature was -7.8 C. http://www.businessinsider.com/thousands-of-fish-freeze-in-norway-bay-201= 4-1 I suspect that a sudden chill, caused by swimming into very cold = water, can slow metabolism to near zero, leading to loss of mobility, = and those which wash ashore then really do freeze; a fish version of = hypothermia. Some 15 to 20 years ago I received a complementary copy of some = Outdoors magazine which contained an article about frozen fish washing = ashore in large numbers on several beaches in Newfoundland. So I had a = good laugh but now see that this may not have been a joke article after = all.=20 Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville =20 =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 12:37 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Dead Mackerel I think Fritz "Chilled to Death" would be more accurate description=20 rather than "Froze to Death" . People often say "I'm froze to Death"=20 but they are still walking. Anyone froze to death will not say so!=20 A couple of years ago Striped Bass in Pictou Harbour chilled to death=20 and if I remember it had something to do with the discharge from the = Power Plant.=20 In the good old days when we would fish trout or smelts through the = ice=20 and took the catch home to eat, they would come to life in the warm = water in the sink.=20 That was fresh fish!=20 Enjoy the winter=20 Paul=20 On January 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM Fritz McEvoy = <fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com> wrote:=20 Hi All,=20 I don't have any more knowledge than the person interviewed in = the CBP article but the idea that the mackerel froze to death seems a = bit strange to me. Winter's onset this year has been about average to = date, so far as I can tell. Also it's a big lake; there should be parts = where they could swim to that would be warmer? Why is it only mackerel = that died? Wouldn't other species freeze to death if that was indeed the = cause of death? Are there any other instances of this happening (fish = freezing to death), in the Bras-dOr-Lakes or any large open bodies of = water in the Maritimes? All the best.=20 Fritz McEvoy=20 Sunrise Valley, CB = (near Dingwall)=20 =20 =20 > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Dead Mackerel=20 > From: nancypdowd@gmail.com=20 > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:52:01 -0400=20 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 >=20 > Here is a possible explanation:=20 >=20 > = http://m.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2015-01-20/article-4014430/Mackere= l-likely-froze-to-death-in-Bras-dOr-Lake:-ecologist/1=20 >=20 > The very sudden onset of winter probably affected a lot of things = this winter.=20 >=20 > Nancy=20 >=20 > Sent from my iPhone=20 >=20 > > On Jan 20, 2015, at 5:11 PM, "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" = <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:=20 > >=20 > > Hi All=20 > > There seems to be reports of a number of dead mackerel in the = Bras d'Or=20 > > Lakes. Near Ben Eoen but scattered around the lake.=20 > > I don't know much about it so has anyone more up to date info?=20 > > No doubt it would attract a lot of birds.=20 > > Birders might see some interesting birds.=20 > > Paul=20 =20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4260/8970 - Release Date: = 01/21/15 ------=_NextPart_000_01D8_01D03585.A23243B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <STYLE type=3Dtext/css>.hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt } </STYLE> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi All,</DIV> <DIV> We recently had wind chills of -23 C. This = account from=20 Norway reports fish flash frozen when air temperature was -7.8 C.</DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"http://www.businessinsider.com/thousands-of-fish-freeze-in-norway= -bay-2014-1">http://www.businessinsider.com/thousands-of-fish-freeze-in-n= orway-bay-2014-1</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I suspect that a sudden chill, caused by = swimming into=20 very cold water, can slow metabolism to near zero, leading to=20 loss of mobility, and those which wash ashore then really do = freeze;=20 a fish version of hypothermia.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Some 15 to 20 years ago I received a = complementary copy=20 of some Outdoors magazine which contained an article about frozen fish = washing=20 ashore in large numbers on several beaches in Newfoundland. So I had a = good=20 laugh but now see that this may not have been a joke article after all. = </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Drita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca=20 = href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 21, = 2015 12:37=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] Dead=20 Mackerel</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I think Fritz "Chilled to Death" would be more accurate = description=20 </DIV> <DIV>rather than "Froze to Death" . People often say "I'm froze to = Death"=20 </DIV> <DIV>but they are still walking. Anyone froze to death will not say = so! </DIV> <DIV>A couple of years ago Striped Bass in Pictou Harbour chilled to = death=20 </DIV> <DIV>and if I remember it had something to do with the discharge from = the=20 Power Plant. </DIV> <DIV>In the good old days when we would fish trout or smelts through = the ice=20 </DIV> <DIV>and took the catch home to eat, they would come to life in the = warm water=20 in the sink. </DIV> <DIV>That was fresh fish! </DIV> <DIV>Enjoy the winter </DIV> <DIV>Paul </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"POSITION: relative; BORDER-LEFT: blue 1px solid; = PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px"=20 type=3D"cite">On January 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM Fritz McEvoy=20 <fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com> wrote: <BR><BR> <DIV dir=3Dltr>Hi All, <BR> I don't have any more = knowledge=20 than the person interviewed in the CBP article but the idea that the = mackerel froze to death seems a bit strange to me. Winter's = onset this=20 year has been about average to date, so far as I can tell. Also it's = a big=20 lake; there should be parts where they could swim to that would = be=20 warmer? Why is it only mackerel that died? Wouldn't other species = freeze to=20 death if that was indeed the cause of death? Are there any=20 other instances of this happening (fish freezing to death), in = the=20 Bras-dOr-Lakes or any large open bodies of water in the = Maritimes? All=20 the best.=20 = <BR> &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; =20 Fritz McEvoy=20 = <BR> &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; =20 Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall) <BR> <BR> <BR> <DIV>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Dead Mackerel <BR>> From:=20 nancypdowd@gmail.com <BR>> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:52:01 -0400 = <BR>>=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <BR>> <BR>> Here is a possible=20 explanation: <BR>> <BR>>=20 = http://m.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2015-01-20/article-4014430/Mackere= l-likely-froze-to-death-in-Bras-dOr-Lake:-ecologist/1=20 <BR>> <BR>> The very sudden onset of winter probably affected = a lot of=20 things this winter. <BR>> <BR>> Nancy <BR>> <BR>> Sent = from my=20 iPhone <BR>> <BR>> > On Jan 20, 2015, at 5:11 PM,=20 "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: = <BR>> > <BR>> > Hi All <BR>> > There seems to be = reports=20 of a number of dead mackerel in the Bras d'Or <BR>> > Lakes. = Near Ben=20 Eoen but scattered around the lake. <BR>> > I don't know much = about it=20 so has anyone more up to date info? <BR>> > No doubt it would = attract=20 a lot of birds. <BR>> > Birders might see some interesting = birds.=20 <BR>> > Paul </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR> </DIV><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2015.0.5645 / = Virus=20 Database: 4260/8970 - Release Date: = 01/21/15</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_01D8_01D03585.A23243B0--
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