COD MOVEMENTS ON THE CANADIAN ATLANTIC COAST

1933 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 433-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. McKENZIE
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Summer Season ◽  
Warm Water ◽  
Early Winter ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
Inshore Waters ◽  
Glace Bay

From 1925 to 1933 inclusive, during the summer season, 8,774 cod were tagged at eight points along the coasts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and eight per cent were recaptured during the following years, none after the sixth.Cod performing a restricted migration (less than 40 kilometres) were found to be in the majority off Halifax from July to September and off Shelburne in June and August in certain areas.Near Seal island in June, off Shelburne in July and September, and off Glace Bay in July and August, the majority of the cod were found to show orderly extended migrations. In the first two instances this movement was shoreward in the summer and seaward to about 130 metres in the early winter. The Glace Bay cod moved from the offshore banks just west of the Laurentian channel to the Cape Breton vicinity in the summer, returning early in the winter.A small percentage of the various stocks of cod performed roving migrations.The complete forsaking of the Cape Breton district for the offshore banks in the winter is attributed to the unfavourable ice cold water, while south-westward of Canso the movement off shore is thought to be caused by the very warm water inshore in the autumn and continued through the influence of the cold inshore waters several months later.As they grow older, the Shelburne cod remain progressively a little farther off shore when they move to shoal water each summer.

scholarly journals New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera and allies in the Maritimes and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

2014 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Catling ◽  
Donald F. McAlpine ◽  
Christopher I. G. Adam ◽  
Gilles Belliveau ◽  
Denis Doucet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Forficula Auricularia ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
La Madeleine

Chortophaga viridifasciata, Forficula auricularia, Melanoplus stonei, Scudderia furcata furcata, Scudderia pistillata, and Trimerotropis verruculata from Prince Edward Island and Doru taeniatum, Melanoplus punctulatus, Orchelimum gladiator, and Spharagemon bolli from New Brunswick are new provincial records. Other records of interest include the endemic Melanoplus madeleineae from Île d’Entrée in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec; Trimerotropis verruculata from the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec; and Chortophaga viridifasciata, Stethophyma lineatum, and Tetrix subulata, new for Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The ranges of Conocephalus brevipennis, Tetrix arenosa angusta, Tetrix ornata, and Tetrix subulata are significantly extended in New Brunswick. A previously unpublished record from 2003 of Roeseliana roeselii (Metrioptera roeselii) is the earliest report of this European introduction to the Maritimes.

Glace Bay Sheet, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

1938 ◽  
Author(s):  
A O Hayes ◽  
W A Bell ◽  
E A Goranson
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
Glace Bay

Canada, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Atlantic Coast

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (sp1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Finkl ◽  
Christopher Makowski
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Cape Breton

The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: New records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships and forest health

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1546 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
New Records ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Prince Edward Islands ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
History Of

The Erotylidae and Endomychidae of the Maritime Provinces are surveyed. Fifteen species are now known from the region, fourteen in Nova Scotia, seven in New Brunswick, and four on Prince Edward Island. Thirteen new provincial records (seven from Nova Scotia, three from New Brunswick, and three from Prince Edward Island) are reported. Four erotylids, Dacne quadrimaculata (Say), Triplax dissimulator (Crotch), Triplax flavicollis Lacordaire, Triplax macra LeConte; and two endomychids, Rhanidea unicolor (Ziegler) and Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte, are newly recorded in the Maritime Provinces as a whole. New records of the rare endomychid, Hadromychus chandleri Bousquet & Leschen, are reported. The fauna is examined in a regional zoogeographic context, paying particular attention to the insular faunas of Cape Breton and Prince Edward Islands. Attention is also drawn to the number of species that have been very rarely collected. This apparent scarcity may be related to the long history of forest management in the region, in particular the effects of intensive forestry on the communities of forest fungi on which these species feed and depend. Attention is drawn to the importance of ongoing research to monitor their populations and assess how these species may be employed as indicators of the overall health forest ecosystems.

The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and regional zoogeography

2007 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Majka ◽  
Robert S. Anderson ◽  
David B. McCorquodale
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Biogeographic Patterns ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
Faunal List ◽  
First Time

AbstractSeventy-nine species of weevils are newly reported in Nova Scotia and 66 species are newly reported on Prince Edward Island, increasing the known provincial weevil faunas to 244 and 92 species, respectively. Thirty-six species are recorded for the first time in the Maritime Provinces; of these, Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus (Marsham), Listronotus dietzi O'Brien, Corthylus columbianus Hopkins, and Orchidophilus aterrimus (Waterhouse) are recorded for the first time in Canada. Orchidophilus aterrimus has been collected only in exotic domesticated orchids and is not established in the wild. Fourteen species previously recorded on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, are reported from the provincial mainland. Four species — Curculio sulcatulus (Casey), Ceutorhynchus squamatus LeConte, Tachyerges niger (Horn), and Ips calligraphus (Germar) — are removed from the faunal list of Nova Scotia, and three species — Temnocerus cyanellus (LeConte), Curculio nasicus (Say), and Cryphalus ruficollis ruficollis Hopkins — are removed from the faunal list of Prince Edward Island. The combined known weevil fauna of the Maritime Provinces now totals 290 species. The adequacy of collection effort is discussed and in Nova Scotia, where collection effort has been greatest, distribution patterns of selected groups of species are examined. Island faunas are discussed with respect to those of Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island. Regional biogeographic patterns of species are also discussed, including possible disjunct populations in Nova Scotia and species that may not have crossed the isthmus of Chignecto to colonize Nova Scotia. Attention is drawn to the long history of introduced species in the region and to ongoing introductions through an examination of the earliest records for the 60 introduced species found in the region.

scholarly journals Arthur Charles Neish, 1916 - 1973

1974 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 294-315 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
American Revolution ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Maternal Grandfather ◽  
Telephone Company ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Fishing Villages ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
Paternal Grandfather

Arthur Charles Neish was born in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, on 4 July 1916, the first son and third child of a family of two daughters and two sons. His father, Charles Wiswell Neish, was an Anglican priest in the Diocese of Nova Scotia. His mother, Florence Mabel ( née Canavan), was a graduate in geology of Kings College which was situated in Windsor, Nova Scotia, at that time. Arthur Neish’s paternal grandfather, David Neish, was a native of Dundee, Scotland, and was educated at the Universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He was an Anglican priest in the Diocese of Nova Scotia at the time of his death. He married Sarah Sanford Wiswell of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a descendant of a Massachusetts family (originally Puritans) who remained loyal to the Crown during the American Revolution and emigrated to Canada. His maternal grandfather, Robert Canavan, was of Irish ancestry and was a building contractor in Nova Scotia. He married Annie Morrison of Whycocomagh, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She was a descendant of a Scottish Highland family. On 10 June 1944 Arthur Neish married Dorothy Ann Ray in Montreal, Quebec. She was the only child of Arthur Gordon Ray and Dorothy Ray (née Slack). Her maternal grandfather (George Slack) was Treasurer of the Bell Telephone Company in Montreal. Arthur Neish lived in several small towns and villages in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island during his childhood. Some were agricultural communities, others were fishing villages.

scholarly journals A review of the fishes and fisheries of Minas Basin and Minas Passage, Nova Scotia, and their potential risk from tidal power development

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Michael J. Dadswell ◽  
Roger A. Rulifson
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Seasonal Occurrence ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Power Development ◽  
Tidal Power ◽  
Potential Impact

A total of 85 species of fish are known or suspected from Minas Basin and Minas Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada. This systematic review details their seasonal occurrence, habitat, abundance, migratory behavior, fisheries and potential impact from tidal power development. The fish assemblage is a mixture of species common to the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia as well as numerous warm- and cold-water visitors seldom found elsewhere in Canada. Minas Basin fisheries exploit some species especially those that migrate through the Basin during summer. Fishes were captured or observed using angling, seines, benthic long lines, drift and fixed gill nets, intertidal fish weirs, bottom trawls and sightings while on vessels. Fishes are categorized with respect to their taxonomic diversity, seasonal occurrence, status, fisheries and the potential impact from tidal lagoons and propeller turbines resulting from development of tidal power in Minas Basin and Minas Passage. Keywords: Bay of Fundy, habitat, species status, propeller turbines, taxonomic relationship, tidal lagoons.

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