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--94eb2c0b7da0a35115054dac540f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, that was a teaser! What new fish book, Andrew? FW and SW? Species accounts? You suggest a history of fish management? Due out in...? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 21 April 2017 at 09:00, Hebda, Andrew J <Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca> wrote: > Hi Peter > > Where Brown trout have been introduced, there seems to be some > displacement of other fish species, but no evident elimination of the, > Although the two strains were introduced here in the late 19th century, > they have not expanded their range as dramatically (and quickly) as the > chain pickerel. A friend who was doing fish monitoring in Cape Breton > noted one large pool where he found 4 species of salmonids, partitioning > the pool based on size. Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout and > Brown Trout. I suspect you would not encounter that with the pickerel. > > As an aside, in the work I am doing on the new fish book, I came across > salmon stocking records for Nova Scotia in 1879. The Bedford Fish Hatche= ry > was noted to have released 1,7400,00 fry and planted 1,400,000 eggs,, for= a > total of fish planted since its inception of 4,535,00 fry... so perhaps > our fish genetics may be a bit more variable than we thought. (note tha= t > they had only released Atlantic Salmon to that point) > > Andrew > > > > ________________________________________ > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on > behalf of Hubcove@aol.com [Hubcove@aol.com] > Sent: April-21-17 8:02 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] managing invasives and naturalised species-why do > we do it? > > I always find it interesting that the chain pickerel comes up often as an > invasive species but I have yet to see any complaints or comments on brow= n > trout. > Peter Stow > Hubbards > > In a message dated 2017-04-21 5:40:00 A.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, > dcrossland@eastlink.ca writes: > I have to give you credit in your strategic thinking and knowledgeable > depth > of retrospective! If only certain departments would manage these > fisheries, > they might soon be over-fished and the ecological nightmare created by > naive > or selfish sports fisheries could be mitigated somewhat. Why IS there a > bag > limit on any invasive fish?? > > Then again, I suppose we could extend this argument to the bag limits for > ring-necked pheasant (noisy squawking birds, though tasty... but not bett= er > than our woodcock and grouse) and the naturalized deer (deer that incur > great damage to our hardwood stands, Canada Yew (with Cancer-fighting > agents), etc, impacting the successional trajectory of our natural forest= s, > yet we spend a lot of tax dollars managing the herd and bag limits geared > to > keep them around). I'll take a moose steak any day over venison. > > Maybe we can add it to the election platform soon to unfold. I think we > need an entire ecologically-based political platform in the next round. > Our > natural resources and native biodiversity are in trouble, both on the lan= d > and in the water. Then there's climate change added to the mix... ecolog= y > is "messy" and growing more complicated. > > Donna > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca= ] > On Behalf Of John and Nhung > Sent: April-19-17 7:52 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits > > My point was that if more people recognize pickerel as tasty, more people > will eat them (rather than throwing them back, for instance!). > > I wish NS Fisheries would lift the "bag" limit on smallmouth bass, as wel= l. > They are another disaster that doesn=E2=80=99t belong here. But here the= y are. > > Enthusiastically-pursued fisheries have a long history of reducing target > populations ... > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca= ] > On Behalf Of Donna Crossland > Sent: April 19, 2017 7:29 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits > > Oh goodness! I meant the GEESE are tasty, not than the chain pickerel! N= o, > no, no! Perhaps the pickerel are tasty, too, but you'll not likely ever > hear > me say anything positive with regards to that species. I am dismayed by > the > introduction of chain pickerel to our lakes. The small mouthed bass and > chain pickerel are altering our fresh water ecosystems in profound ways. = I > am told we can expect nearly "silent springs" as they voraciously consume > our frogs and toads on the lake edges. They are about to spread to the > last > wild places remaining. It's sad, very sad. We shall mourn the trout and > remnant salmon populations. > > Donna Crossland > > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca= ] > On Behalf Of Hebda, Andrew J > Sent: April-18-17 10:15 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits > > > The taste and angling value of the pickerel is high... However its > introduction into watershed has been disasterous. > > Back in 1949 Dan Livingstone sampled lakes and rivers in Nova Scotia, > coming > up with the first comprehensive list of freshwater fish for the province. > John Gilhen and I were joined by him 50 years later and we re-sampled man= y > of the same bodies of water. Where the chain pickerel had been introduce= d, > or spread to, the diversity of fish went from 7-11 species to 2-3.. > independent of water chemistry, geology or any other measurable factor > > > A Hebda > > > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on > behalf of John and Nhung [nhungjohn@eastlink.ca] > Sent: April-18-17 9:58 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits > > I wish more Nova Scotians appreciated pickerel. The Vietnamese gang down > Yarmouth way turns this ugly-looking critter into various dishes, all > infinitely more interesting than haddock! > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca= ] > On Behalf Of Donna Crossland > Sent: April 18, 2017 8:50 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] widowed goose and tasty tidbits > > That's a hilarious (well sort of) tale of the widowed urban goose. She > likely few back to Toronto? > > I'm with Lance and the Cape Bretoners. This expanding species is quite > delicious baked in orange ju