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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01D11BBC.D02BAD60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Just putting out advance notice of the Pictou Co. Naturalists Club next = meeting Dec 8 at 6:30 at the WESTVILLE LIBRARY. Please note carefully = this one time only change in venue. The talk will be fishy and should = broaden our knowledge of one of our local fish- the Striped Bass. The = talk is titled "Striped Bass in the Maritimes" by Colin Buhariwalla, MSc = candidate Acadia University.=20 Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis, is an anadromous fish native to the = eastern coast of North America with populations ranging from the Gulf of = Mexico to the St. Lawrence River, QC. Striped Bass have supported = important commercial and recreational fisheries throughout the range, = however,changes in population abundance over the past several decades = and increased interest from recreational fisheries have brought this = sportfish into the spotlight for conservationists and anglers alike. The = talk will focus on the life history of Striped Bass in the Maritimes, = current status of Canadian populations and will touch on results from = ongoing local acoustic telemetry projects. =20 Colin Buhariwalla, M.Sc. Candidate Colin graduated from Acadia University with a B.Sc. in Biology (Co-op) = in 2010. He was introduced to the joys of fisheries work studying Brook = Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) during undergrad positions at the Nova = Scotia Department of Inland Fisheries. Upon graduation he garnered = experience with acoustic telemetry as a research assistant with Acadia = Centre for Estuarine Research working on Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) = tagging projects and deployment of Ocean Tracking Network hydrophone = arrays. After Acadia, Colin worked in the Diadromous Fish Division at = Fisheries and Oceans Canada with the team responsible for Atlantic = Salmon (Salmo salar) assessments in the Maritime region. In 2012, = curiosity led Colin back to Acadia to join the Coastal Ecology Lab. He = is researching the population characteristics, movements, and origins of = Striped Bass in a Cape Breton, NS and his study constitutes the first = scientific investigation of Striped Bass within Cape Breton waters. = Research efforts to date have yielded interesting results, most notably = annual estuarine residency and identification of an overwintering site, = and will contribute to knowledge for future management of the Striped = Bass recreational fishery Should be another great talk so mark it in your calendar.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01D11BBC.D02BAD60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><BR> </DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Just putting out advance notice of the = Pictou Co.=20 Naturalists Club next meeting <STRONG>Dec 8</STRONG> at = <STRONG>6:30</STRONG> at=20 the <STRONG>WESTVILLE LIBRARY</STRONG>. Please note carefully this = one=20 time only change in venue. The talk will be fishy and should broaden our = knowledge of one of our local fish- the Striped Bass. The talk is titled = <STRONG>"Striped Bass in the Maritimes</STRONG>" by <STRONG>Colin=20 Buhariwalla</STRONG>, MSc candidate Acadia University. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Striped Bass, <EM>Morone saxatilis, = </EM>is an=20 anadromous fish native to the eastern coast of North America with = populations=20 ranging from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Lawrence River, QC. Striped = Bass have=20 supported important commercial and recreational fisheries throughout the = range,=20 however,changes in population abundance over the past several decades = and=20 increased interest from recreational fisheries have brought this = sportfish into=20 the spotlight for conservationists and anglers alike. The talk will = focus on the=20 life history of Striped Bass in the Maritimes, current status of = Canadian=20 populations and will touch on results from ongoing local acoustic = telemetry=20 projects. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P class=3DMsoNormal>Colin Buhariwalla, M.Sc. Candidate<BR>Colin = graduated from=20 Acadia University with a B.Sc. in Biology (Co-op) in 2010. He was = introduced to=20 the joys of fisheries work studying Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) = during=20 undergrad positions at the Nova Scotia Department of Inland Fisheries. = Upon=20 graduation he garnered experience with acoustic telemetry as a research=20 assistant with Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research working on Striped = Bass=20 (Morone saxatilis) tagging projects and deployment of Ocean Tracking = Network=20 hydrophone arrays. After Acadia, Colin worked in the Diadromous Fish = Division at=20 Fisheries and Oceans Canada with the team responsible for Atlantic = Salmon (Salmo=20 salar) assessments in the Maritime region. In 2012, curiosity led Colin = back to=20 Acadia to join the Coastal Ecology Lab. He is researching the population = characteristics, movements, and origins of Striped Bass in a Cape = Breton, NS and=20 his study constitutes the first scientific investigation of Striped Bass = within=20 Cape Breton waters. Research efforts to date have yielded interesting = results,=20 most notably annual estuarine residency and identification of an = overwintering=20 site, and will contribute to knowledge for future management of the = Striped Bass=20 recreational fishery</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix =3D o /><o:p>Should be = another great=20 talk so mark it in your calendar. </o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>cheers</o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>Ken</o:p></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01D11BBC.D02BAD60--
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