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Collecting Parasites from Seabirds at Witless Bay, Cape St. Mary's and Gannet Islands, Newfoundland
Cape St. Mary's Seabird Ecological Reserve; Gannet Islands Seabird Ecological Reserve; Witless Bay Seabird Ecological Reserve (NL)
May 15, 2006 --
Environment Canada will conduct a screening commencing on May 8, 2006 of the project:
Collecting Parasites from Seabirds at Witless Bay, Cape St. Mary's and Gannet Islands, Newfoundland.
The proponent will collect a total of 60 adult Common Murres and 30 adult Thick-billed Murres at Witless Bay and Gannet Islands, Newfoundland, to help to establish the current range of the tapeworm Alcataenia longicervica. Birds will be captured using a noose and euthanized using cervical dislocation. The proponent will also capture the following seabird species and hold them briefly to assess, and in some cases remove, ectoparasites, primarily ticks: up to 60 Herring Gull chicks; 30 Greater Black-backed Gull chicks; 60 Black-legged Kittiwake chicks; 60 chick and 60 adult Razorbills; 60 Common Murres; 30 Northern Gannet chicks; and 120 chick and 120 adult Atlantic Puffins at the Gannet Islands, Labrador and Cape St. Mary's and Gull Island, Newfoundland. This is the third year of a four-year study of the parasites of north Atlantic seabirds.
Under section 5 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, an EA is required for this project because Environment Canada may issue a permit or license under subsection 4(1) of the Migratory Birds Regulations.
For further information on this environmental assessment, please contact:
Keith McAloney
Program and Policy Biologist
Canadian Wildlife Service - Environment Canada
P.O. Box 6227
17 Waterfowl Lane
Sackville NB E4L 1G6
Telephone: (506) 364-5013
Fax: (506) 364-5062
Email: keith.mcaloney@ec.gc.ca
and refer to CEAR reference number 06-01-19369
For specific information on the project, the proponent may be reached at :
Sabir Bin Muzaffar
Graduate Student
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Department of Biology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's NL A1B 3X9
Telephone: (709) 737-3239
Fax: (709) 737-3018
Email: sabirbm2002@yahoo.com
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