[ValleyNature] beluga in Bay of Fundy, & Georges' Bank moratorium extension

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford at eastlink.ca>
> Date: May 14, 2010 9:02:30 PM ADT
> To: NatureNS <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] beluga in Bay of Fundy, & Georges' Bank  
> moratorium extension
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> MAY 13, 2010 - CBC Radio News: a young beluga whale has been  
> photographed on a cell phone by a fisherman who works out of St.  
> Martin's, N.B., in the Bay of Fundy.  Cathy Kinsman of the Whale  
> Stewardship Project was quoted that 20 young belugas have turned up  
> outside the normal range of the species in the past 12 years -- she  
> started the stewardship project in 1998 when "Wilma" was discovered  
> at Guysborough.  Google the project for info' on it and on her.   
> She guesses that this one somehow got separated from its pod, the  
> closest of which would be in the St. Lawrence Seaway where the  
> Saguenay River joins the big tidal estuary.  This beluga, like most  
> of them when alone, has been attracted to boats and apparently has  
> been reported by fishers for a couple of months? or so.
>
> Also on today's news: the N.S. NDP government has decided to extend  
> the moratorium on oil and gas exploration on Georges' Bank from  
> 2012 to 2015, and that a full public review would be necessary for  
> any change in this protection (the U.S. portion of Georges Bank has  
> had the moratorium extended to 2017, and the U.S. portion of the  
> bank is 80% vs. about 20% controlled by Canada).
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
>

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