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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01D130EB.3D6D8310 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all=20 Our next meeting of the Pictou County Naturalists Club will be Tuesday = Dec 8. Colin Buhariwalla from the Coastal Ecology Lab will be guest = speaker with his topic "Striped Bass in the Maritimes". Note THIS = MEETING WILL BE IN THE WESTVILLE LIBRARY 2042 Queen St. WESTVILLE NOT = NEW GLASGOW. The meeting will be at 6:30 pm. More about Colin and the = talk below. All welcome and bring along a friend.=20 Striped Bass Morone saxatilis is an andromous fish native to the east = coast of North America with populations ranging from the Gulf of Mexico = to the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Striped Bass have supported = important commercial and recreational fisheries throughout their range, = however changes in population abundances over the past several decades = and increased recreational fisheries throughout the range have bought = this sportfish into the spotlight for conservationists and anglers = alike. This 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 Christmas Bird Count season is fast approaching and here are some dates = and contacts for local and nearby counts: Sheet Harbour- Dec 15 contact = Jim Cameron jim.cameron@ns.sympatico.ca Springville (Pictou Co.) Dec = 19 contact Steve Vines 902 396-5682 Antigonish Dec 20 contact Randy = Lauff randy.lauff@gmail.com Truro Dec 29 contact Ross Hall = ross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca Pictou Harbour Jan 1 contact Ken McKenna = kenmcken@eastlink.ca and Tatamagouche Jan 3 contact John Rubin=20 2) Our January talk on Jan 5 will return to the New Glasgow Library and = will focus on something to take our minds of winter when Kelley Cavan = and Barry Harrison will have an illustrated talk on " A Safari in = Botswana". In May of this year, Kelley a dietician and Barry a = veterinarian took a safari to Botswana. Their talk will focus on the = animals and birds they saw there and about the conservation measures = practiced by the Botswana government.=20 3) Our February 2 meeting will likely be members night so start looking = through your photos, stories, artwork etc. from 2015 and volunteer to = give a 10 min or so chat. Always a popular night and some amazing photos = and artwork emerge that night. Drop me a note early to get your name on = the list Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01D130EB.3D6D8310 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>Hi all </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New = Roman">Our next=20 meeting of the Pictou County Naturalists Club will be Tuesday Dec 8. = Colin=20 Buhariwalla from the Coastal Ecology Lab will be guest speaker with = his=20 topic <FONT size=3D4><STRONG>"Striped Bass in the=20 Maritimes".</STRONG></FONT> <STRONG>Note THIS MEETING WILL BE = IN THE=20 WESTVILLE LIBRARY 2042 Queen St. WESTVILLE NOT NEW GLASGOW. = The=20 meeting will be at 6:30 pm. </STRONG>More about Colin and the talk = below. All=20 welcome and bring along a friend. </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New = Roman">Striped Bass=20 <EM>Morone saxatilis </EM>is an andromous fish native to the east coast = of North=20 America with populations ranging from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. = Lawrence=20 River in Quebec. Striped Bass have supported important commercial and=20 recreational fisheries throughout their range, however changes in = population=20 abundances over the past several decades and increased recreational = fisheries=20 throughout the range have bought this sportfish into the spotlight for=20 conservationists and anglers alike. This talk will focus on the life = history of=20 Striped Bass in the Maritimes, current status of Canadian populations = and will=20 touch on results from ongoing local acoustic telemetry projects = </FONT></DIV> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal> </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal>Colin=20 Buhariwalla, M.Sc. Candidate<BR>Colin graduated from Acadia University = with a=20 B.Sc. in Biology (Co-op) in 2010. He was introduced to the joys of = fisheries=20 work studying Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) during undergrad = positions at=20 the Nova Scotia Department of Inland Fisheries. Upon graduation he = garnered=20 experience with acoustic telemetry as a research assistant with Acadia = Centre=20 for Estuarine Research working on Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) = tagging=20 projects and deployment of Ocean Tracking Network hydrophone arrays. = After=20 Acadia, Colin worked in the Diadromous Fish Division at Fisheries and = Oceans=20 Canada with the team responsible for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) = assessments=20 in the Maritime region. In 2012, curiosity led Colin back to Acadia to = join the=20 Coastal Ecology Lab. He is researching the population characteristics,=20 movements, and origins of Striped Bass in a Cape Breton, NS and his = study=20 constitutes the first scientific investigation of Striped Bass within = Cape=20 Breton waters. Research efforts to date have yielded interesting = results, most=20 notably annual estuarine residency and identification of an = overwintering site,=20 and will contribute to knowledge for future management of the Striped = Bass=20 recreational fishery</P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal> </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal>Christmas=20 Bird Count season is fast approaching and here are some dates and = contacts for=20 local and nearby counts: Sheet Harbour- Dec 15 contact Jim = Cameron =20 <A=20 href=3D"mailto:jim.cameron@ns.sympatico.ca">jim.cameron@ns.sympatico.ca</= A> =20 Springville (Pictou Co.) Dec 19 contact Steve Vines 902=20 396-5682 Antigonish Dec 20 contact Randy Lauff <A=20 href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</A> &nbs= p; Truro=20 Dec 29 contact Ross Hall <A=20 href=3D"mailto:ross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca">ross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca</A>&n= bsp; =20 Pictou Harbour Jan 1 contact Ken McKenna <A=20 href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</A> and=20 Tatamagouche Jan 3 contact John Rubin </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal> </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal>2) Our=20 January talk on Jan 5 will return to the New Glasgow Library and will = focus on=20 something to take our minds of winter when Kelley Cavan and = Barry Harrison=20 will have an illustrated talk on " A Safari in Botswana". In May of this = year,=20 Kelley a dietician and Barry a veterinarian took a safari to Botswana. = Their=20 talk will focus on the animals and birds they saw there and about the=20 conservation measures practiced by the Botswana government. </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal> </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal>3) Our=20 February 2 meeting will likely be members night so start looking = through=20 your photos, stories, artwork etc. from 2015 and volunteer to give a 10 = min or=20 so chat. Always a popular night and some amazing photos and artwork = emerge that=20 night. Drop me a note early to get your name on the list</P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal> </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none" = class=3DMsoNormal> </P> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none"=20 class=3DMsoNormal> </P></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01D130EB.3D6D8310--
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