[ValleyNature] Fwd: [Members] Regular BNS meeting: Monday, April 20th at 7:30 PM

[James W. Wolford]

Forgive us for the extra transmission, but somehow the title of  
Mike's presentation was left out below.  It should have read:

Monday, April 20, 2009 – The Role of Turbine Characteristics in the  
Impact of Tidal Power Generation on Pelagic Marine Organisms.

Incidentally, I heard one form of this talk/show when he presented  
something similar to Acadia Biology Seminar Club, and I can heartily  
recommend this as a very important and timely subject, since there  
are hopes that there will be a pilot tidal turbine of some sort in  
the water north of Cape Blomidon sometime in 2010?  Mike will discuss  
both the Annapolis Tidal turbine and the newer technologies that are  
now being considered for the Minas Channel/Minas Passage in the near  
future.

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville


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> From: Blomidon Naturalists Society <members at blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Date: April 17, 2009 3:35:27 PM ADT
> To: members at blomidonnaturalists.ca
> Subject: [Members] Regular BNS meeting: Monday, April 20th at 7:30 PM
> Reply-To: members at blomidonnaturalists.ca
>
> Dr. Mike Dadswell is a professor in the Deportment of Biology at  
> Acadia University. His talk will cover research done on the  
> Annapolis Tidal Power Turbine during 1981-1996 involving immediate  
> and long-term impacts on the fishes of the river and estuary. The  
> turbine characteristics of the Annapolis plant will be explained  
> along with their effects on organisms. Recent open concept tidal  
> turbines will then be examined with respect to their turbine  
> characteristics and their potential effect on marine organisms. In  
> conclusion the overall potential impact of tidal turbines on the  
> pelagic marine organisms of the Bay of Fundy (fish, seals, whales)  
> will be examined in light of their ecology and known marine  
> migrations.
>
> Dr. Dadswell is a recognized as expert on Atlantic salmon, Atlantic  
> sturgeon and shortnose sturgeon, American shad and other anadromous  
> fishes, and on tidal turbine impacts on fish.  He is also an expert  
> on scallop biology and aquaculture. His professional career has  
> involved research, teaching and consulting on matters of fishes,  
> fisheries, aquaculture, aquatic biology and marine biology. His  
> research and publications include: the ocean migration patterns of  
> Atlantic salmon, American shad and striped bass; the biology of  
> Atlantic sturgeon, shortnose sturgeon and dogfish shark in Minas  
> Basin and the Bay of Fundy; and the interaction of fishes and  
> fisheries to anthropogenic changes such as the Canso Causeway and  
> the development of tidal power.
>
> Patrick Kelly
> RR#2  159 Town Road
> Falmouth NS  B0P 1L0
> Canada
>
> (902) 472-2322
>
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