Today’s Eel video is EEL PARASITE. You can watch it here. Katherine Jones, Shelley Denny and Angela Denny are scientists researching the eel bladder parasite in Cape Breton eels. The discovery of a roundworm infestation in eels has led to intensive study of the declining population. Every day for ten days UINR is releasing a … Read More
Today’s Eel video is EEL LIFECYCLE. You can watch it here. Eels can live to over 40 years and have a unique and complex lifecycle, starting life down south in the Sargaso Sea and finding their way to live and mature in Cape Breton lakes and rivers. Parks Canada Ecologist James Brigland joins UINR’s Shelley … Read More
UINR is proud to announce the publication of our first research article in the journal BioInvasions Records of the Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC). Distribution, prevalence and intensity of Anguillicoloides crassus in the American eel, Anguilla rostrata, in the Bras d’Or Lakes, Nova Scotia was written by Shelley K. Denny, Angela Denny and Tyson … Read More
If you get a whiff of home cooking in the Cape Breton Highlands, it might just be a galloping gourmet…but this one will be the four legged kind! For the past eight years the Moose Working Group and UINR have hosted Feast in the Highlands. What started as an opportunity for the people involved in moose management to get together to celebrate … Read More
While other kids in high school had posters of rock stars and hockey players on their bedroom walls, Tyson Paul, self-professed science geek, fell asleep under a poster of the periodic table! Always interested in the environment, Tyson knew from the start that he was headed for a career in science and it was after … Read More
UINR Moose Management Coordinator Clifford Paul and UINR Biologist and Research Coordinator Shelley Denny are presenting at the Wagmatcook Lecture Series on Thursday February 23 at 10:00 am. Clifford will discuss moose regulations and harvesting initiatives underway through the province-wide Moose Management Initiative. Shelley’s talk will be on the science of eels, covering such topics … Read More
For someone who is always behind the scenes, on the other side of the camera, it feels strange to be here on the pages of the Marten. Somehow, over the past 24 issues I’ve been able to avoid the spotlight, but since this is our 25th issue, it’s time to come out from behind the … Read More
I always wanted to tell this story and every time somebody talks about the eel feast they had, I want to tell it more than ever, especially since in our last issue we saw Blair Bernard skinning eels and how tasty they were, according to him. The cold weather is setting in with a little … Read More
Fortunately, eels are still common in the Bras d’Or Lakes, especially outside Eskasoni. From May to October, eels are actively fished along the shorelines. For the other half of the year, they overwinter in barachois ponds and embayments common to the shores of the Bras d’Or Lakes. Often these areas are not considered important for … Read More
Never was a man so happy to skin an eel. The joy in that moment carried into every part of Blair’s life. His world was outdoors. Hunting and fishing were an excuse to be in nature. It was where he felt alive. He brought that energy, that understanding with him to his work and friendships.–Weldon … Read More
A normal day for Angela could have her attending a meeting in the morning, dissecting eels in the afternoon and consulting with student groups in the evening. Never a dull moment for UINR’s Research Assistant, Angela Morris! In 1999, Angela was one of the first graduates from the newly-built Eskasoni High School, and she went … Read More
Join us in Eskasoni on Wednesday from 1–6 for our launch of Sespite’tmnej-Let’s protect eel habitat at the Eugene Denny Memorial Boardroom, Crane Cove Seafoods, Eskasoni. Door prizes will be drawn every hour!! UINR will be there to answer questions about the Bras d’Or Lakes and ways to protect eels and their habitat.