Endangered fish returns to the Great Lakes Posted Jul 08, 1998 10:35 PM EDT (CBC) The return of the sculpin to Lake Ontario has scientists intrigued. Rebounding fish stocks could mean the Great Lakes are getting healthier. In Newfoundland, the sculpin is known as one of most common and least attractive fish in the sea. The Great Lakes cousin is prettier, smaller and less common. It inhabited the deepest parts of Lake Ontario for 20,000 years but vanished in the 1950s. Biologists believed that industrial pollution had killed off the small fish. In the past few months, government biologists in both New York State and Ontario have been catching the deep water sculpin for the first time in 40 years. Biologists believe the reappearance of the sculpin could be a sign that U.S./Canadian pollution control agreements may be restoring Lake Ontario's health. That's good news for the health of the millions of people who live near the lake. "It's like a canary in a coal mine," says biologist Theodore Schaner, "like a barometer of health." Copyright © 1998 CBC All Rights Reserved *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Maybe it's the Zebra Mussels cleaning up the water?? -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Richard Culpeper Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 11:48 AM To: PaddleWise Subject: [Paddlewise] endangered fish returns to the lake ontatio Endangered fish returns to the Great Lakes Posted Jul 08, 1998 10:35 PM EDT (CBC) The return of the sculpin to Lake Ontario has scientists intrigued. Rebounding fish stocks could mean the Great Lakes are getting healthier. In Newfoundland, the sculpin is known as one of most common and least attractive fish in the sea. The Great Lakes cousin is prettier, smaller and less common. It inhabited the deepest parts of Lake Ontario for 20,000 years but vanished in the 1950s. Biologists believed that industrial pollution had killed off the small fish. In the past few months, government biologists in both New York State and Ontario have been catching the deep water sculpin for the first time in 40 years. Biologists believe the reappearance of the sculpin could be a sign that U.S./Canadian pollution control agreements may be restoring Lake Ontario's health. That's good news for the health of the millions of people who live near the lake. "It's like a canary in a coal mine," says biologist Theodore Schaner, "like a barometer of health." Copyright © 1998 CBC All Rights Reserved *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Yes, the zebra mussels are cleaning the water -- so much so that they have reduced fish stocks in general, particularly in Erie. There has been talk of scheduling spring releases of phosphates to goop up Erie and Ontario to compensate for the mussels' cleaning. I did a double take when I first heard this. Richard Culpeper Bob Denton wrote: > Maybe it's the Zebra Mussels cleaning up the water?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Richard > Culpeper > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 11:48 AM > To: PaddleWise > Subject: [Paddlewise] endangered fish returns to the lake ontatio > > Endangered fish returns to the Great Lakes > > Posted Jul 08, 1998 10:35 PM EDT (CBC) > > The return of the sculpin to Lake Ontario has > scientists intrigued. > Rebounding fish stocks could mean the Great > Lakes are getting > healthier. > > In Newfoundland, the sculpin is known as one of > most common and > least attractive fish in the sea. > > The Great Lakes cousin is prettier, smaller and > less common. It > inhabited the deepest parts of Lake Ontario for > 20,000 years but > vanished in the 1950s. Biologists believed that > industrial pollution had > killed off the small fish. > > In the past few months, government biologists in > both New York > State and Ontario have been catching the deep > water sculpin for the > first time in 40 years. > > Biologists believe the reappearance of the > sculpin could be a sign that > U.S./Canadian pollution control agreements may > be restoring Lake > Ontario's health. That's good news for the > health of the millions of > people who live near the lake. > > "It's like a canary in a coal mine," says > biologist Theodore Schaner, > "like a barometer of health." > > Copyright © 1998 CBC All Rights Reserved > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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