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The Shearstown Estuary - Animal and Plant Life

Aquatic Life OF THE SHEARSTOWN ESTUARY

Invertebrates

Common Name
Scientific Name
Photo

Barnacle

Balanus sp.

 
Blue Mussel

Mytilus edulis

 

Amphipod

   
Soft-shell Clam

Mya arenaria

 
Periwinkle

Littorina littorea

 

Vertebrates

Atlantic Salmon Salmo safar
Brown Trout Salmo trutta  
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis  
American Eel Anguilla rostrata  
Capelin

Mallotus villosus

 
Three-spine Stickleback

Gastrerosteus aculeatus

 
Winter Flounder

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

 

•  Birds of the Estuary    • Aquatic Life of the Estuary
• Plants of the Estuary

For further information contact:
Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Department of Environment and Conservation Wildlife Division

Town of Spaniard's Bay
Email: spaniardsbay@persona.ca

Town of Bay Roberts
Email: info@bayroberts.co

Local Joint Management Committee
Mose Anthony: 709-786-2361
Patricia George: 709-786-1292
Cathy Kleinwort: 709-786-9829
Bill Seymour: 709-786-7423
Contact your JMC members to make a monetary donation or to volunteer your time and skills to projects that will improve the local ecosystem of the Shearstown Estuary

Telephone: (709) 786-2126 Fax: (709) 786-2128
E-mail: info@bayroberts.com
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