Golden Nov. Sunshine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The weather has been remarkable for late Nov. , wonderful time to explore the Fundy shore !

Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

worth the click , a great video showing the Bay of Fundy

Spread Your Wings And Fly

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_weather/details/620/8657520/1/cans0022/plpcities/787/

I took this photo this morning along the shoreline in Baxter's Harbour  . Two eagles soared over head , what an amazing site to watch the eagles soar in the deep blue sky above , with calm waters and warm temperatures made for a spectacular journey along the Bay !

Sturgeon found floating in Bay

Federal fisheries officers Corey Webster and Kenny Therrien examine a 2m shortnose sturgeon found floating near Hampton. photo by Jonathan Riley


Fishermen brought this shortnose sturgeon ashore after finding it floating belly up in the Bay of Fundy. 
photo by Jonathan Riley

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Department of Fisheries , DFO , Acadia University , Canada , Bay of Fundy , Florida

Fishermen found a dead Atlantic sturgeon floating upside down in the Bay of Fundy.

They were coming in from lobster fishing when they found the fish about 6.4 km off Hampton and decided to bring it into the wharf.

Fisheries officers Corey Webster and Anthonie Knevel picked up the fish on a routine patrol of the harbour.

The officers took a sample of the dorsal fin for research and measured the animal.

It weighs 110 lbs and is 2 metres long.

Atlantic Sturgeon typically grow to be 1.8 to 2.4 m in length and no more than three hundred pounds. Some specimens weighing over eight hundred pounds and nearly 4.5 m in length have been recorded.

Atlantic sturgeon don’t have normal scales; instead they have five rows of bony plates known as scutes.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) considers all of Canada’s five sturgeon species to be at some risk of extinction.

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The Atlantic sturgeon is listed as “threatened”.

It lives and spawns near the Saint John River area in New Brunswick and another population group lives in the St. Lawrence.

“This large fish has experienced significant habitat degradation associated with pollution and hydro-electric dams and is known to spawn in two Canadian rivers where some harvest continues,” reads the COSEWIC assessment on the Atlantic sturgeon. “Considerable uncertainty exists regarding how much harvest this species can withstand given its late maturity and slow reproductive rate.”

jriley@digbycourier.ca

Published on November 15, 2012 

Jonathan Riley

Summer Sunset In Nov.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last night's sunset was like a sunset in July for many reasons ,one being the warm temp. .much warmer then usual , second the calmness of the Bay . It was just like an evening in July except that sunset was before 5:00 pm.

Jana's Fossil Find

 

 

 

 

Today , late this afternoon Jana and I were exploring the shores of the Fundy when Jana discovered this fossil . We were both very excited to find a true Bay of Fundy treasure !!!!!

Icy Walk On The Beach

 

 

 

 

Cooler weather to walk on the beach with ice forming on the rocks and moss !

U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for HMS Bounty captain

Bounty captain search of

 After nearly four full days of searching, U.S. Coast Guard officials have decided to suspend their search for the missing captain of HMS Bounty.

Robin Walbridge, 63, has been missing since Monday morning, when the crew of HMS Bounty decided to abandon ship in high seas brought on by Hurricane Sandy off the coast of North Carolina. Walbridge didn't make it to a life-raft with the rest of his crew.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the Walbridge and Christian families," said Captain Doug Cameron, the chief of incident response for the Coast Guard 5th District. "Suspending a search and rescue case is one of the hardest decisions to make."

As the crew members scrambled to get to covered life-rafts, three of them — including Walbridge and deckhand Claudene Christian, 42 — were washed overboard. Walbridge has not been seen since. Christian's body was recovered from the seas on Monday.

According to the surviving crew members of HMS Bounty, Walbridge was wearing a survival suit, a large rubber suit designed to keep the wearer dry and warm even in frigid water.

The 16 crew members of the vessel decided to abandon ship after getting caught in 5.5-metre seas about 320 kilometres southeast of Hatteras, N.C.

The Bounty sank several hours after the evacuation.

The third person who was washed overboard made it to a life-raft and was among the 14 people hoisted onto helicopters and taken to shore.

Thousands of square kilometres searched

U.S. Coast Guard officials said conditions on the ocean were getting better with each passing day. Thursday brought 26 C water temperatures and 16.6 C air temperatures, along with 27 knot winds and 1.2 metre waves.

Searchers covered thousands of square kilometres of ocean since the rescue effort began on Monday.

The replica of HMS Bounty, which launched in Lunenburg in 1960, was made famous in a 1962 movie starring Marlon Brando — Mutiny on the Bounty. It has also appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest starring Johnny Depp.