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Index of Subjects This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01D48A00.F84E4860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In upper Saint Mary's Bay, a mid-December heavy blow in 2016, combined = with very low temperatures, was followed by a high mortality of = slow-moving bottom organisms, like crabs, starfish, and the like. The = water there is shallow, with extensive tidal flats. Minus fifteen down = here in God's country is rare, and when such temperatures happen, it's = normally in late January and early February and the air is usually = still. =20 Yup, if I'd been a starfish under such conditions, I might not be around = to report. It has been a long time since I checked out those flats, but jackknife = clams (Ensis) and quahogs (Mercenaria) were present there back in the = '70's: the only location I know of for quahogs in Nova Scotia, outside = of Northumberland Strait. Wonder if they survived that blow =E2=80=A6 -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Ken McKenna Sent: December 1, 2018 9:08 PM To: NatureNS Subject: [NatureNS] Shellfish upheaval Hi all The strong nor=E2=80=99easter a few days ago had a significant impact = in shellfish near Caribou-Munroes I Provincial Park in Pictou Co. On a = hike along the beach this morning with Fred MacKenzie , we were = surprised by the number of gulls and eagles along the beach. As we = walked along, the reason they were there became obvious as several = thousand bar clams had washed up on the beach. Also on the beach were = 3-4 dozen lobsters, a few mussels and scallops. Between ourselves and = another beach hiker, most of the lobsters that we saw still alive were = returned to the water but one would have needed baskets to gather the = bar clams. I had no idea so many clams had been living in the waters off = the island. Many age classes were in the mix. The clams were all along = the north and east beaches.=20 The waves during the storm must have completely covered a good section = of the bar connecting the mainland section of the park to Munroes I. The marram = grass was matted down. On the north side there was quite a bit of = erosion of the bank and many trees must have washed away. Lots of power = to this storm. Big Island Causeway further east fared worse with a large = section of the causeway breached. There was a steady stream of trucks = trying to restore the causeway road the last couple days.=20 Cheers Ken=20 =20 Sent from my iPad Ken McKenna Stellarton=20 NS=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01D48A00.F84E4860 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 14.02.5004.000"> <TITLE>RE: [NatureNS] Shellfish upheaval</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">In upper Saint = Mary's Bay, a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"> = mid-December heavy blow in 2016, combined</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">very low temperatures, was = followed by a high mortality of slow-moving bottom organisms, like = crabs, starfish, and the like. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> = <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">T</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">he water</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">is shallow, with extensive tidal = flats. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">Minus fifteen down here in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">G</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">od</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">s country is rare, and when such = temperatu</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">r</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">es happen,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">it's normally in late January and early = Febr</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">u</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">ary and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">the air is usually sti</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">ll</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"> </SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">Yup, if I'd = been a starfish under such conditions, I might not be around to = report.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">It has been a = long time since I checked out those flats, but jackknife clams = (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><I><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">Ensis</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">) and quahogs (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><I><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">Mercenaria</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">) were present there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"> back in the = '70's</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">: = the only location I know of for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">quahogs in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT = FACE=3D"Calibri">Nova Scotia, outside of Northumberland Strait. = Wonder if they survived that blow =E2=80=A6</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = FA