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</span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family: --Apple-Mail-1-571230531 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 It was the Federal Dept Fish. not Provincial. Paul R. On 2015-05-18, at 7:00 PM, John and Nhung wrote: > Back in the early =9170=92s, the last known remaining population of = the native oyster, Crassostrea virginica, on the Atlantic coast of = mainland NS was in the Oyster Pond at Pleasant Point, beyond Ostrea = Lake, off Musquodoboit Harbour. The Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries = established an oyster hatchery there, and bred native oysters, European = oysters and quahogs, in additions to doing trials throughout the = province on mussel-rearing. (Those little guys didn=92t need any help = in breeding!) > =20 > This and various other efforts back in the =9170=92s led to the = (re-)establishment of oyster populations in various places where they = formerly lived, including Eel Lake, between Tusket and Argyle. > =20 > Anyway, hard to say which species yours are. European oysters (Ostrea = edulis) tend to be wider and flatter, And a little les tolerant of low = salinities, but to be sure, yup, take your specimens to the Museum! > =20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Dusan Soudek > Sent: May 18, 2015 4:59 PM > To: NatureNS > Subject: [NatureNS] oysters in Porters Lake (HRM) ! > =20 > Today, while canoeing the lowermost basin of weakly tidal Porters = Lake, I found a considerable population of oysters. I wasn=92t aware of = oysters populations in this part of the Eastern Shore. But I understand = that decades ago oyster cultivation took place at locations such as = Oyster Pond. > =20 > Does anyone know whether there are oysters in nearby tidal = Lawrencetown Lake, or in inlets such as Musquodoboit Harbour, Cole = Harbour, Chezzetcook Inlet, or Petpeswick Inlet; all known for their = clam beds? > =20 > Dusan Soudek > =20 >=20 >=20 > =09 > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.=20= > www.avast.com >=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-1-571230531 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><base href=3D"x-msg://8/"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; ">It was the Federal Dept Fish. not = Provincial.<div>Paul R.<br><div><div>On 2015-05-18, at 7:00 PM, John and = Nhung wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"WordSection1" = style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Back = in the early =9170=92s, the last known remaining population of the = native oyster,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Crassostrea = virginica,</i><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>on the = Atlantic coast of mainland NS was in the Oyster Pond at Pleasant Point, = beyond Ostrea Lake, off Musquodoboit Harbour. The Nova Scotia = Department of Fisheries established an oyster hatchery there, and bred = native oysters, European oysters and quahogs, in additions to doing = trials throughout the province on mussel-rearing. (Those little = guys didn=92t need any help in breeding!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">This = and various other efforts back in the =9170=92s led to the = (re-)establishment of oyster populations in various places where they = formerly lived, including Eel Lake, between Tusket and = Argyle.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = ">Anyway, hard to say which species yours are. European oysters = (<i>Ostrea edulis)</i><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>tend to be wider and = flatter, And a little les tolerant of low salinities, but to be sure, = yup, take your specimens to the Museum!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><a name=3D"_MailEndCompose"><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></a></div><div><div style=3D"border-right-style:= none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: = initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; = border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; = padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: = 0cm; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: = 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; = font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; ">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca]<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf = Of<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Dusan = Soudek<br><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>May 18, 2015 4:59 = PM<br><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>NatureNS<br><b>Subject:</b><s= pan class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] oysters in = Porters Lake (HRM) !<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: = black; ">Today, while canoeing the lowermost basin of weakly tidal = Porters Lake, I found a considerable population of oysters. I wasn=92t = aware of oysters populations in this part of the Eastern Shore. But I = understand that decades ago oyster cultivation took place at locations = such as Oyster Pond.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: = black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: = black; ">Does anyone know whether there are oysters in nearby tidal = Lawrencetown Lake, or in inlets such as Musquodoboit Harbour, Cole = Harbour, Chezzetcook Inlet, or Petpeswick Inlet; all known for their = clam beds?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; = "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = style=3D"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Dusan = Soudek<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-family:= Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; = "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><hr = style=3D"border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; = border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: = initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(144, 144, 144); = background-color: rgb(176, 176, 176); height: 1px; width: 652px; = "><table style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; = border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: = none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "><tbody><tr><td = style=3D"border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; = border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: = initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; = padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; "><a = href=3D"http://www.avast.com/" style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: = underline; "><img border=3D"0" = src=3D"http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" alt=3D"Avast = logo"></a></td><td><p style=3D"color: rgb(61, 77, 90); font-family: = Calibri, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; ">This email has = been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a = href=3D"http://www.avast.com/" style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: = underline; = ">www.avast.com</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></div></body></= html>= --Apple-Mail-1-571230531--
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