{"id":3960,"date":"2020-07-05T12:27:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?page_id=3960"},"modified":"2023-09-08T01:45:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:45:28","slug":"invasive-fish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/invasive-species\/invasive-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3942\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhitePerch-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3942\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3942\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhitePerch-1-202x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhitePerch-1-202x300.jpeg 202w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WhitePerch-1.jpeg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A White Perch caught in Sandy Lake in June 2020. Photo contributed by M.C.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2020\/07\/04\/white-perch-caught-in-sandy-lake\/\"><strong>White Perch caught in Sandy Lake<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPoste on this website, July 4, 2020 It&#8217;s a native species but sometimes viewed as an invasive species, usually in landlocked lakes,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/invasive-fish-kejimkujik-park-chain-pickerel-1.4790975\"><strong>Dreaded invasive fish makes its way into Kejimkujik Park<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nJenny Cowley \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Aug 19, 2018. About Chain Pickerel. &#8220;Chain pickerel are known to eat just about anything in the water, including fish, snakes and turtles&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxmag.com\/blog\/nova-scotian-lakes-and-rivers-in-peril\/\"><strong>Nova Scotian lakes and rivers in peril<\/strong> <\/a><br \/>\nZack Metcalfe in Halifax Magazine, May 21, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speciesatrisk.ca\/stewardshipguide\/index.php?q=node\/43\"><strong>Invasive Fish and Prohibited Bait Species<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOn Nova Scotia Species-at-Risk website. 6 fish are listed as prohibited bait: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, White Perch, Bullhead and Goldfish. Smallmouth Bass and Yellow Perch have been in sandy lake for some time, In June 2020, a White Perch was caught. See <a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2020\/07\/04\/white-perch-caught-in-sandy-lake\/\">post<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=905065\"><strong>Concerns over invasive species of fish<\/strong><\/a> (Video)<br \/>\nCTV News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/fish\/sportfishing\/resource-management\/ais\/FCRA-QandA.pdf\"><strong>NOVA SCOTIA Live Fish Possession Regulations<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNS Fisheries and Aquaculture<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/fish\/sportfishing\/resource-management\/ais\/\"><strong>Aquatic Invasive Species<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNS Fisheries and Aquaculture<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asf.ca\/news-and-magazine\/in-the-field\/ns-hits-invasive-smallmouth-bass\"><strong>N.S. targets invasive smallmouth<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBY: KRIS HUNTER on www.asf.ca\/ Nov 5, 2020 &#8220;Inside Nova Scotia&#8217;s rapid response to invasive fish in the St. Mary&#8217;s watershed&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastalaction.org\/smallmouth-bass-facts.html\">SMALLMOUTH BASS FACTS<\/a><br \/>\nOn Coastal Action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White Perch caught in Sandy Lake Poste on this website, July 4, 2020 It&#8217;s a native species but sometimes viewed as an invasive species, usually in landlocked lakes, Dreaded invasive fish makes its way into Kejimkujik Park Jenny Cowley \u00b7 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/invasive-species\/invasive-fish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2053,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3960","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8334,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3960\/revisions\/8334"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}