Winter Cod Taggings off Cape Breton and on Offshore Nova Scotia Banks, 1959–62

1964 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. Martin ◽  
Yves Jean
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Water Layer ◽  
General Area ◽  
Scotian Shelf ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
North Shore ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
Gaspe Peninsula ◽  
Magdalen Islands

During the winters of 1959 to 1962, 2459 commercial-sized cod were tagged off the Canadian coast south of the Laurentian Channel. Most returns came from the same general area. Very few cod crossed the Laurentian Channel to Newfoundland or Gulf of St. Lawrence North Shore grounds, or the Scotian Gulf to grounds off western Nova Scotia. Several cod populations were observed, each moving south in autumn and north in spring months. Fish tagged off central Nova Scotia did not migrate as far as the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but those tagged off Cape Breton migrated into the southwestern Gulf for summer months. Fish marked in the middle of the area were intermediate in their migration pattern.Temperature and feeding appear to be the important factors associated with cod migrations. Cod remain in temperatures of 1° to 4 °C during winter months by moving to deeper water. In spring, cod disperse and feed in shoaler water. The cod of the Western-Emerald Banks area move east over the Scotian Shelf. The Gulf cod move up through the cold-water layer and north to inshore feeding near the Magdalen Islands and the Gaspé peninsula.

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.

A Virus Disease and Introduced Parasites as Factors Controlling the European Spruce Sawfly, Diprion hercyniae (Htg.), in Central New Brunswick

1957 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 371-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. T. Bird ◽  
D. E. Elgee
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Spruce Forests ◽  
North Shore ◽  
The North ◽  
Gaspe Peninsula ◽  
Gaspé Peninsula ◽  
St Lawrence River

An outbreak of the European spruce sawfly, Diprion hercyniae (Htg.), was discovered in the Gaspé Peninsula in 1930. By 1938, heavy infestations had developed west of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, throughout New Brunswick and northern Maine, and in parts of Vermont and New Hampshire. Moderate to light infestations occurred through all other parts of the spruce forests of this region and extended from Nova Scotia, to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, and west to Ontario.

THE COLD WATER LAYER OF THE SCOTIAN SHELF

Science ◽  
1938 ◽  
Vol 88 (2283) ◽  
pp. 307-308
Author(s):  
H. B. Hachey
Keyword(s):  
Cold Water ◽  
Water Layer ◽  
Scotian Shelf

The Sydney Coalfield of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

1894 ◽  
Vol 38 (984supp) ◽  
pp. 15724-15725
Author(s):  
Hugh Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton

Cape Breton ruby, a new Canadian gemstone discovery, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Mossman ◽  
James D. Duivenvoorden ◽  
Fenton M. Isenor
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Cape Breton

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Cancer Survivors in Nova Scotia, Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Soleil Chahine ◽  
Gordon Walsh ◽  
Robin Urquhart
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Patient Navigator ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Follow Up Care

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the psychosocial needs of cancer survivors and examine whether sociodemographic factors and health care providers accessed are associated with needs being met. Methods: All Nova Scotia survivors meeting specific inclusion and exclusion criteria are identified from the Nova Scotia Cancer Registry and sent an 83-item survey to assess psychosocial concerns and whether and how their needs were met. Descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages) and Chi-square analyses are used to examine associations between sociodemographic and provider factors and outcomes. Results: Anxiety and fear of recurrence, depression, and changes in sexual intimacy are major areas of concern for survivors. Various sociodemographic factors, such as immigration status, education, employment, and internet use, are associated with reported psychosocial health and having one’s needs met. Having both a specialist and primary care provider in charge of follow-up care is associated with a significantly (p < 0.05) higher degree of psychosocial and informational needs met compared to only one physician or no follow-up physician in charge. Accessing a patient navigator also is significantly associated with a higher degree of needs met. Conclusions: Our study identifies the most prevalent psychosocial needs of cancer survivors and the factors associated with having a higher degree of needs met, including certain sociodemographic factors, follow-up care by both a primary care practitioner and specialist, and accessing a patient navigator.

Behaviour and Vocalizations of Two Single Sperm Whales, Physeter macrocephalus, Off Nova Scotia

1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1736-1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Mullins ◽  
Hal Whitehead ◽  
Linda S. Weilgart
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Ocean Floor ◽  
Physeter Macrocephalus ◽  
Sperm Whales ◽  
Scotian Shelf ◽  
Male Sperm

During June 1986, two male sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, on the Scotian Shelf were tracked by listening for their clicks with a directional hydrophone for periods of 12.5 and 7 h, respectively. Each whale travelled along the edge of the shelf at about 2 kn (3.6 km/h), and one whale, on two occasions at least, dived to the ocean floor. After about 30 min underwater, the whales spent approximately 9 min at the surface breathing. When the whales were visible at the surface, they were silent, except on one occasion when "slow clicking" (mean interclick interval of 4.6 s) was heard from Whale 2. While underwater, most of the sound production consisted of "usual clicks" (mean interclick interval 0.96 and 0.69 s for the two whales) interrupted by frequent short silences (mean durations 21.06 and 27.82 s) and occasional "creaks" (with interclick intervals less than 0.2 s) and "slow clicks." No "codas" (stereotyped patterns of clicks) were heard from these two single whales. These results are consistent with the hypotheses that "usual clicks" and "creaks" are used for echolocation and "codas" for communication.

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