tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post2395203886265582878..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: LeBLANC’S ADVICE TO BALL AND SIX OTHER TAKEAWAYSDes Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-9442623417751022822019-07-14T19:21:52.306-02:302019-07-14T19:21:52.306-02:30100100Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-21674107810837045802019-07-14T16:34:46.286-02:302019-07-14T16:34:46.286-02:30What is MB, except BM is reverse? One BM is one to...What is MB, except BM is reverse? One BM is one too many.<br />WinstonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-5708269861220434312019-07-14T16:30:18.930-02:302019-07-14T16:30:18.930-02:30Your comments are important, and I recall reading ...Your comments are important, and I recall reading a little of the Russian activity.<br /> I read a lont this past few days of timing of overfishing for cod and capelin and record cold water from the Labrador current about 1990, so a double wammy. Most of the world's oceans are heating up, but that was at a record cold.<br /> BM is rather silent. What did he study that he is ashamed to tell us?<br />WinstonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-45383998537018390872019-07-14T13:58:19.404-02:302019-07-14T13:58:19.404-02:30Rechecked on line and seems like the global catch ...Rechecked on line and seems like the global catch of Caplin peaked in the late seventies at 4 million tons and not 400 thousand metric tons, as I mentioned above. Average Joe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-79622536069847401092019-07-14T13:35:59.694-02:302019-07-14T13:35:59.694-02:30Yes, the USSR commenced their fishing activities f...Yes, the USSR commenced their fishing activities for Caplin off Cape Bonvusta in early March of each year, near the edge of the south bound ice edge. And they followed the Caplin masses southwards to the southern edge of the Grand Banks, or tail and nose of the banks as it was called. They completed this harvest in Septerber of each year. So a concentrated fishery for around six months. Then the fleet reappeared in September on the Hamilton banks off Labrador. They continued the similar concentrated fishery southwards to just north of Cape Bonavista by late December or early January where they returned home to Russia for a break, repair and getting ready for the next years fishery that would commence again in late March of the following year of Cape Bonavista to repeat the cycle again. Now what was the fishing effort, the fleet consisted of anywhere between a couple dozen and fifty factory fishery trawlers depending on the time of year and the availability of a good catch. As they caught the Caplin, cooked, packaged and prepared for market the finished product other Russian cargo vessels tied up alongside them to transfer the boxes etc . To be brought back to Russian ports. Yes, quite the nine month operation. These Factory fishery production and freezer trawlers measured around 60-80 meters in length, fished day and night, 7 days a week. Their tow, or net showed a bag of Caplin almost as long as the vessel itself when surfaced and taken in through the stern ramp. After observing this month in and mount out and year in and year out the only conclusion one could come to was, " the ocean was full of Caplin". But as we know that was not the case, as Caplin stocks were depleated and the cod stocks followed shortly after. The maximum Caplin fishery was in the late seventies and the cod moratorium followed a decade or so later in 1992. As for Caplin spawning or what we call rolling on the beaches, I believe Caplin also spawned offshore, especially on the SE shores, 150 miles east of St. John's in depths of 5 to 15 meters of water. And maybe also on the tail of the banks of 30 to 40 meters of water, but will leave that to the scientific community to deny or confirm. Yes, my observations and memory from the seventies says average Joe. I did check on line and that's when maximum world catches of Caplin peaked, I think at around 400 thousand tons. Would assume Russian catches were more or less estimated in the recording of that data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-10373310542091724292019-07-14T12:48:22.222-02:302019-07-14T12:48:22.222-02:30Since it is as we call it "caplin weather&quo...Since it is as we call it "caplin weather" I will relate my observed offshore Caplin catches mainly from the late seventies and early eighties. That would be around the time when Canada proclaimed control over its 200 mile economic zone in January 1977. My observations are not based on science, stasticts or government publications, so one may consider it somewhat antidotal but certainly by my own personal experience and observations and recorded only in my mind of almost 40 years now. Caplin at that time was considered by all fisheries authorities as an unregulated species off shore nl mainly, meaning no quotes were set and the catch had no regulations but just depended on the economic viability of the catch, mainly European countries and the USSR as it was called then. So commonally referred to as free for all. Fishing for Caplin was a 9 month operation that occurred intensely for at least a decade. The USSR was by far the best equipped and intensive fishin, followed by the Polish, East Germany, and a couple other countries and the Japaneese. The Japaneese and a couple other countries fished Caplin mainly for human consumption, but the Russians, Polish, and E. Germans fished mainly to turn the product into " fish meal". Which as you know is fodder for cattle, poultry, hogs and other farm animals. So you might say using protein to produce protein for human consumption. I will confine my comments mainly to the USSR since there fishing efforts were much larger than all the other countries combined. May be running out of space so will hit publish and then continue with part 2. Average Joe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-87419885739897537072019-07-14T01:22:47.481-02:302019-07-14T01:22:47.481-02:302400 MB in 2021 equals 0 ???
860 MB maybe in 2021...2400 MB in 2021 equals 0 ???<br /><br />860 MB maybe in 2021 MF equals minus 1540 MBBruno Marcocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076165212559914463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-24605584993593614322019-07-14T00:15:52.832-02:302019-07-14T00:15:52.832-02:30Thanks BM for your thoughtful comments on sea temp...Thanks BM for your thoughtful comments on sea temperature and capelin/cod<br />1. I found a site giving surface sea temperature at 17 sites around Nfld, from NOAA satellite data, didn't know it existed. One near me at Bay Roberts shows today 51.3 F ( I measures 50.3 here a couple of days ago).<br /> Only one site for Quebec showing June avg at 49.6 F, seems to jive with capelin in Quebec a month before Nfld, as we are only reaching that temp in near mid July.<br /> Also found research data on cod and lobster,Maine USA, a big correlation with sea temperature and amount of fish, saying temperature can impact as much as commercial fishing impact, and they move if temperature is unfavourable ( run away if you want to say it that way). <br /> Guess the 8 scientists doing the research there all have brain farts too. So squeak up if you still hold your wrong opinion.<br /> Do you want the links?<br />Winston<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-36975544640286062292019-07-13T23:45:30.844-02:302019-07-13T23:45:30.844-02:30Tired at looking at your sites that show very litt...Tired at looking at your sites that show very little battery storage capacity, so don't bother anymore. Get real and wake me when it has meaningful impact.<br />WAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-40842366535233083742019-07-13T21:57:36.482-02:302019-07-13T21:57:36.482-02:30https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/201...https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/usbatterystoragecapacity.jpgBruno Marcocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076165212559914463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-79801832548478012982019-07-13T19:44:17.700-02:302019-07-13T19:44:17.700-02:30CAPELIN FEVER PART 4:
Year 1 monitoring, in 1999 ...CAPELIN FEVER PART 4:<br /> Year 1 monitoring, in 1999 was misleading: I located a few capelin well up in August in Spaniard's Bay, not really rolling, and temperature about 41 F. By that time sea temperature should be about 60F or better, and it could give the impression capelin preferred approximately 41 F temperature. Subsequent years and more data pointed toward 50 F preferential, and plotting on charts confirmed it. About 2007 I came across NS research data on Nfld capelin.......get this, done about 1878,( and we not then part of Canada, but the fishery was important in NS, and they did research in Nfld. It mentioned that development of capelin eggs was best at about 50 F sea temperature. I do not recall the month of their research, but mostly likely in June, since June was capelin season for 400 years and longer. It seems my 10 years of monitoring jives with what they observed way back as ideal for capelin reproduction, as to ocean temperature. <br /> It was not my initial intent, but after about 5 years, wondered if one could predict in advance the rolling of capelin, from the data collected. <br /> Here is what I found: when the temperature in the spring increases to 32.2 F, add 73 days, and the capelin should roll ( this from memory, as my records are not at my cottage here). <br /> What accuracy using this? Of 5 year plotted, worst was 7 day off, best was spot on, typical was 2-3 days off. I thought this might be useful also for fishermen and plants who gear up for capelin. But most for monitoring climate change effects, and changes to ocean temperature and impact on fish management. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, when last was capelin discussed in the HOA by politicians? I see that in Quebec 70 million has been spent on improving beach conditions for capelin spawning. If 70,000 per beach , this would be 1000 beaches funded by the feds I assume. In Nfld I have heard of 1 beach only being funded. Are none of our members seeking such funding? Neglect of the fishery in general in Nfld, as in Joey's day, and for 400 years.<br /> BM, from Cape Breton, likely is impressed with my capelin timing formula? Others might test and duplicate the data to test reliability, but that was my results.<br />Winston Adams<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-63640814696665878982019-07-13T18:45:25.560-02:302019-07-13T18:45:25.560-02:30BM, 3 times zero is zero. Battery storage is not z...BM, 3 times zero is zero. Battery storage is not zero, but very small. <br /> <br />Anon @ 17:59: Stan is highly qualified, but who is dumbest? BM to say fish abundance is not related to ocean temperature, or Stan to say heatpumps do not reduce grid peak demand. Both are dumb statements. BM is expected , but Stan,.... has he been misled or wishes to mislead? <br />WinstonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-13144468180699279642019-07-13T17:59:50.121-02:302019-07-13T17:59:50.121-02:30You say that Stan Marshall was underqualified for ...You say that Stan Marshall was underqualified for the job he was given and perhaps so but we have to stop the practice of hiring political has-beens and other underqualified people and friends of politicians to important public institutions and businesses. Ed Martin and Gilbert Bennett to run and grow NL Hydro into Nalcor, give us a break. Look how that turned out for us with the Muskrat fiasco. A Nalcor board under-qualified and incompetent to boot. They deserved the pay they got and that is nothing. Rodger Grimes for the chair of the CNLOPB, give us a break again. That is a paid position and there must be people with some qualifications and even better qualifications available to take it on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-9401910716425565242019-07-13T17:45:07.863-02:302019-07-13T17:45:07.863-02:30
Battery storage projects are taking off in the U...<br /><br />Battery storage projects are taking off in the US, with a substantial leap expected in the coming years, as the country could triple its utility-scale battery storage power operating capacity by 2023.<br /><br /><br />https://electrek.co/2019/07/12/us-battery-capacity-triple-2023/Bruno Marcocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076165212559914463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-74970785040736046782019-07-13T11:53:46.189-02:302019-07-13T11:53:46.189-02:30CAPELIN FEVER PART3
On June 26 I measured the sea ...CAPELIN FEVER PART3<br />On June 26 I measured the sea temperature at Middle Cove, it read 56.7F. This was most unusual, if not alarming. On the 28th I checked it again, it was 57.2F. This was much much waremr than I expected, and out of sync with my research monitoring from 1999 to 2009. I speculated that the Gulf Stream had made a temporary change toward the Avalon, and it would reset. If this the cause, then I speculated that Conception Bay would be still less than 50 F, due to the colder Labrador current. On the 28th I headed to my cottage, at Bishop's Cove, Conception Bay, for a 2 week stay, with the same thermometer in my pocket. On July 1st I checked the sea temperature there, it was 57.9, warmer than Middle Cove. Oh my....what was going on? I posted on UG without giving the temperatures, but expressed concern, that my past research may now not be holding up: that my hypothesis that capelin could be expected to roll on our beaches once the water warmed to 50F. But this now was a single incident that was not fitting the pattern I had seen. <br /> So, in jumped our fishery expert, BM with his opinions. Our BM resides in Cape Breton, and claims to have taken a course in fisheries, but refuses to say how long, or if he specifically studied or did research on cod or capelin. When asked about his expertise, he replied " I'm not your monkey." He totally discredited my hypothesis that the late arrival of capelin, and decline in stock and smaller size is related to cooling sea temperatures around Nfld from the Labrador current, and also was a component of the cause of the cod collapse, a result of climate change affecting our ocean. Such an idea was a "brain fart", BM stated. Any relationship between sea temperature and fish abundance was wrong he said, and would take about 400 years of moitoring to detect any change, that 10 year monitoring was meaningless. The Oracle of Cape Breton had spoken.<br />This difference resulted in a tit for tat of insults, from which BM was the clear winner, having world class expertise in that field.<br /> But what of the very unusual warm water, which should not be seen until late July?<br /> It was July 9th before I cast doubts on my thermometer. My dependable thermometer of good accuracy, after 10 year use,had a defective probe, so I used another I had, a cheap low quality one, that I thought would be not off by more than 1 or 2 degrees. I had done no calibration check.<br />When I did this,on July 9th, I found the cheap thermometer was off 10.4 F. Instead of Middle Cove being 56.7 on June 26th, it would have been 46.9 F.<br /> On July 11 I used another better thermometer, calibrated it, and got 50.3 F, just as the capelin arrived, rolling on many beaches. My boo boo, but in the end, the proper reading reconfirms the 10 year monitoring results. <br /> Out of character for me to make this mistake, but why?<br /> AN MRI showed a 3/4 inch cyst on my brain 3 years ago, but likely benign. Follow up was recommended, but I didn't. A small reduction in the grey matter had also been detected, but considered normal for my age. Then there was the stress of the MF Inquiry, day in, day out, hearing no one did nothing wrong, especially Gilbert Bennett, and then the disappointment of Stan Marshall. So, borderline state of shock, I suspect. It knocked me off kilter. For Pete's sake, the wind coming off the water at Middle Cove was only 11C,....how could I miss the clues to put trust in that crappy thermometer, even the probe sensor covering was half missing. Stunned I was. That damn Inquiry is taking a toll.<br />Winston Adams <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-29886608314704985572019-07-12T19:43:24.695-02:302019-07-12T19:43:24.695-02:30Question for Winston or Bruno, do you think that n...Question for Winston or Bruno, do you think that nepotism begins at home? Some people believe it does?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-18642149671153640102019-07-12T16:13:49.557-02:302019-07-12T16:13:49.557-02:30You are right, a shameful situation that HQ is not...You are right, a shameful situation that HQ is not seen as the solution to reducing coal fired generation in NS and NB.<br /> Kenya in Africa is more advanced and progressive with stopping an approved coal fired 950 MW plant there just recently, due to environmental protests and a USA consultant report that essentially deemed it a boondoggle like MFs as to eventual cost and power rates<br /> Cost of 2 B would 9 B, and rates 75 cents(all in) per kwh not 7.5 cents.<br />Winston Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-45889062654106222342019-07-12T16:04:30.365-02:302019-07-12T16:04:30.365-02:30We Have at least one building in St John's usi...We Have at least one building in St John's using the harbour seawater for the heat pump for the building. It can typical reduce electricity energy for heating by about 2/3.<br /> This contributes to reducing grid peak demand as well. <br /> Tom Careen's letter in the Telegram is not approving of Stan who he says Stan is supposed to know everything about electricity. At the Inquiry Stan says heatpumps will not reduce peak load. That statement at the Inquiry is not from the Rule of Thumb, but the Rule of Dumb. And I do not think Stan is dumb. Or else intentionally to mislead as to CDM capability. <br /> Not even admirer PENG2 would support Stan Marshall on that statement, would he? <br />WinstonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-65081573300747493862019-07-12T14:54:04.025-02:302019-07-12T14:54:04.025-02:30With that kind of thermal source, a little thermod...With that kind of thermal source, a little thermodynamics would heat and energize the Avalon, from the Bay. Oh for some Ray Guy wisdom from "that far greater Bay":-)Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-19758653773435863122019-07-12T14:50:41.490-02:302019-07-12T14:50:41.490-02:30Winston, the knock off for the Belledune Coal Fire...Winston, the knock off for the Belledune Coal Fired Generator in Northern NB, is just a stone's throw from the Quebec border. The Spiteful Southern NB Anglos, similar in mindset to the Spiteful, how can we screw Quebec, NL Anglos, have so far denied the more efficient and environmentally preferred solution. Those who have rejected the concept of an Atlantic Smart Grid with such prejudice, are obstacles to progress. I believe it was Kirkegaard who said "Everybody wants progress, but nobody wants to change".Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-23278798758885386842019-07-12T14:16:03.391-02:302019-07-12T14:16:03.391-02:30The VOCM poll shows 61 % have various degrees of i...The VOCM poll shows 61 % have various degrees of interest in buying an EV while 39 % has no interest. That is a surprising figure.<br /> Menawhile our opportunity for low power rates for EVs has been largely sacrificed to NS as free power.<br /> Meanwhile Ball continues to promote GHS reductions,(rather than GHS reductions here with EVs), not for NFld but for for NB if we can transmit our hydro power there to reduce coal burning. Dunderdales approach for NS helped give us the boondoggle, with no business case for exports, now Ball wants to add to that with a similar no business case for NB!<br /> So Ball is similar to Ed Martin it seems.<br />WinstonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-36886355738055226802019-07-12T12:14:54.796-02:302019-07-12T12:14:54.796-02:30CAPELIN FEVER : PART2
Yesterday, July 11 at 7pm, ...CAPELIN FEVER : PART2<br /> Yesterday, July 11 at 7pm, I was considering driving to Bryant's Cove to measure the sea temperature. I had heard a report that capelin had arrived there the day before. It was overcast, cool (55 F) and damp, capelin weather one might expect in June, rather than July. I thought it might rain, so decided to look over the bay from my cottage here at Quilty's Cove, on Bishop's Cove Shore. <br /> What a surprise! From here I see an occasional commercial fishing boat go by. But behold, what a sight! A few hundred feet off shore, I counter 13 boats, I estimate 65 footers, most making circles laying out their nets, seines maybe, about 250 ft diameter. Each was assisted by a smaller boat, about 20 ft long, with a single fisherman in these Others boats were just arriving, pulling the smaller boat behind. <br /> I managed to get 2 minutes of video, wondering if I would ever see such a sight again. My location is 75 ft above sea level. I soon learned from Les Mercer, whose house is 400 feet above sea level, that he counted 17 boats gathered off Upper Island Cove, 1/2 mile east of me, some had loaded and left, the others now off my cottage. <br /> It seemed as if the capelin gods must have directed all the capelin in Conception Bay to this shore. I watched for an hour, many of the boats now lower in the water, and some boats still moving westward towards Spaniard's Bay.<br /> Soon after Glen Jones, half a mile west of me posted video on Facebook, saying : One guy said the school of capelin was 3/4 of a mile wide by 1.5 miles long. I assume this came from fishermen who could see these with their sensors. <br /> My experience in a small boat was to see a school about 100 ft, but at times near beaches, schools were several hundred feet long. Is a school of capelin 1.5 miles long likely? How may million capelin was that?<br /><br /> I got my thermometer and went to the Stage Rock at Quilty's Cove, and threw the sensor into the ocean. There the water is about 8 feet deep. I watched as the temperature dropped and stabilised. It read 50.3 F. The capelin arrived, right on time it seemed. Bruno would be pleased to know.<br /> Of interest, all these other sights, mentioned in Part 1 for July 10th and 11th, are at the same latitude, but was the temperature similar? <br />Winston Adams<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-80547603796813524422019-07-12T11:24:49.932-02:302019-07-12T11:24:49.932-02:30CAPELIN FEVER: PART 1
Anyone from Nfld over 35 ye...CAPELIN FEVER: PART 1<br /> Anyone from Nfld over 35 years old who do not get a bit of capelin fever this time of year, must be a Townie, born and bred. Many younger Baymen have seen few capelin since the fisheries collapse. Those of my age remember the horse and carts on the beach in mid June, loading brinbags full to be carted a mile or more away for fertiliser for the potatoes. For me, Bryants's Cove was a major capelin beach and accessable.<br /> From ecapelin I see a week ago about 30 sites in Quebec where capelin were rolling, starteding in May and throughout June, and then only 4 sites in Nfld. Now we have have matched the Quebec sightings of 30, and many more reported on capelin calander for Nfld.<br /> From Capelin Calander:<br />July 10, Maureen : Anxiously awaiting the capelin for Middle Cove<br />July 10 6PM, Lily: capelin rolling at Pouch Cove<br />July 10 1 PM Bobhettie: Capelin rolling at Bryants Cove<br />July 11 9am Josh: Capelin rolling at Holyrood.<br />July 11 Cherlyn Stanley : Capelin rolling at Middle Cove, much bigger than last year.<br />July 12 6am, Scott: Nothing at Middle Cove. Not a capelin in sight.<br />July 12 9;40 Am Dudley : Capelin rolling like "Stones" in Tarbay"!!!, W000000. (For CFAs, Tarbay is actually Torbay")<br /><br /> Safe to say, capelin have arrived, none of those sightings are posted on ecapelin. For Hydro Power and hydro power engineering, HQ puts Nalcor to shame. But for capelin, Nfld was king, and maybe still is.<br />Winston Adams Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-50179882192351742902019-07-12T10:01:08.102-02:302019-07-12T10:01:08.102-02:30In 2010, then premier Williams offered Elizabeth M...In 2010, then premier Williams offered Elizabeth Mathews the position of co-chair of the CNLOPB but this was apparently foiled by Dunderdale shortly afterwards. Oh yes, political patronage is as alive and well as ever in NL and no political party is either immune or innocent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-86826274021977287072019-07-12T08:53:34.720-02:302019-07-12T08:53:34.720-02:30Saw that as well last night. Do you think Ball and...Saw that as well last night. Do you think Ball and Grimes are buddies? What does he add as the new chair? I think that might be a paid position, double dipping comes to mind. These Governments are all jokes, time for people to stand up and challenge these poor excuses for politicians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com