[NatureNS] goldfish kill Port Williams skating pond

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 11:59:59 -0300
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> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] goldfish kill Port Williams skating pond
> Date: May 1, 2015 at 1:59:42 AM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Cc: Fred Scott <fwscott@eastlink.ca>, John Gilhen =
<GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca>, Mark Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>
>=20
> I didn=92t know that goldfish were in the skating pond, but for a few =
years there have been goldfish also in the pond next to Hennigar=92s =
Farm Market in Greenwich.  How they got there, I have not yet tried to =
find out.  Surely it must be illegal for anyone to add an exotic species =
like goldfish to any natural or seminatural wetland?  How to decide when =
a pond is =91wild=92??
>=20
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>=20
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: "Hebda, Andrew J" <Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca>
>> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] fish kill Port Williams skating pond
>> Date: April 30, 2015 at 10:26:43 PM ADT
>> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>=20
>> Hi George=20
>>=20
>> If there was a lot of organic matter in the bottom of the pond, could =
have caused a stripping of the oxygen as decomposition progressed.  =
Anyother species?
>>=20
>> As well, any idea how long the goldfish have been in that pond... =
they are not native, so would have had to have been a =
release/introduction.
>>=20
>> Andrew
>>=20
>> A Hebda
>> NSM Collections (Zoology)
>> ________________________________________
>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
on behalf of George E. Forsyth [g4syth@nspes.ca]
>> Sent: April-30-15 10:18 PM
>> To: naturens
>> Subject: [NatureNS] fish kill Port Williams skating pond
>>=20
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> The other evening I was out for a walk and noticed hundreds of gold
>> fish floating on the edge of the Port Williams, Kings Co, skating =
pond
>> on Belcher St. I don't know if this is a result of accidental or
>> intentional poisoning, or were they killed by natural causes as a
>> result of the longer than usual ice and snow cover? There was a good
>> selection of small and large fish, I only noticed gold fish. It was
>> quite impressive how many there were!
>>=20
>>=20
>> George Forsyth
>>=20
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</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Fred Scott &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:fwscott@eastlink.ca">fwscott@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;, John =
Gilhen &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca">GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca</a>&gt;, Mark =
Elderkin &lt;<a =
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charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I =
didn=92t know that goldfish were in the skating pond, but for a few =
years there have been goldfish also in the pond next to Hennigar=92s =
Farm Market in Greenwich. &nbsp;How they got there, I have not yet tried =
to find out. &nbsp;Surely it must be illegal for anyone to add an exotic =
species like goldfish to any natural or seminatural wetland? &nbsp;How =
to decide when a pond is =91wild=92??<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim =
in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"Hebda, Andrew J" =
&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca">Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca</a>&=
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Williams skating pond</b><br></span></d