continued opportunities to enjoy the sport.
Good fishing
It’s the time of year when fisheries
department staff prepare for seasonal
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programs such as the Ontario Stream
F INCH
Assessment Protocol which targets for data
species residing in wadeable streams and
drains,andtheNearShoreCommunityIndex
Do not judge a river by its surface.
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Netting Protocol which looks at larger fish
Despite appearances, the South Nation
The Sand Shiner was found in the South Nation River watershed last year.
and their distribution.
River is teemingwith awide variety of fish.
In fact, South Nation Conservation
reports that 69 fish species have been
identifiedwithinits4,000-square-kilometre
watershed. BecausetheSouthNationRiver
and its tributaries are relatively shallow
withsiltbeds,manycasualobserversfigure
that few fish live in them. However, the
watercourses are home to many thriving
sport fish and assorted other species, noted
Josh Mansell of the SNC fisheries
department. The latest addition to the long
list of species is the Sand Shiner which
belongs to the largeminnow familywith 40
different members across Ontario.A single
Sand Shiner was caught late last year by
SNC staff in a streaminLarose Forest while
theywereengagedinamonitoringprogram
designed to map aquatic species at risk in
registration
EasternOntario.WhiletheSandShinerisn’t
at risk, it has never before been recorded in
theSouthNation jurisdiction,Mansellsaid.
The species prefers sand and gravel with
little silt in clear, warmer areas of slow
moving streams. It’s not to be confused
with the more prevalent Mimic Shiner and
the Common Shiner.“The discovery of the
January
Sand Shiner within our watershed tells us
thatwedoindeedhavestreamsthatremain
naturalized,” Mansell said. “The habitat
requirementsofthisspeciesarespecificand
aren’t usually associated with human
development.”Mansell is informing the
Royal Ontario Museum of the discovery
because that institution constantly updates
distribution of species across the province,
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as well as the federal Museum of Nature
which is interested in distribution in the
National Capital region.With the 2011 ice
fishing season having arrived, there are
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