Swim with the Fishes of Toronto
Next up in our continuing series on Biodiversity in the City, presented in conjunction with the Toronto Environment Office, we are presenting Meg St. John from the Toronto Conservation Authority.
Meg is going to launch a new Biodiversity booklet called Fishes of Toronto. Meg St. John is the Coordinator of Aquatic Habitat Toronto at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Aquatic Habitat Toronto is a consensus based partnership between agencies with a vested interest in the improvement of aquatic habitat on the Toronto Waterfront. Meg holds a M.Sc. from the University of Toronto.
Sitting on a huge freshwater lake, flanked by 2 major rivers, the Humber and the Don, Toronto has an often unseen assortment of fish and other aquatic species. Perhaps you do not think of Toronto as having schools of thriving fish, amphibians, reptiles, and other aquatic life. Many of us may only remember dead fish floating in some oil slick down at the waterfront. Is that still true today?
Come and hear Meg talk about the kinds of fish found in our region and the efforts to restore the species we rarely see.
A Toronto Reference LibraryThought Exchange Program,Tuesday afternoon, November 8th from 1 to 3 pm. in the Beeton Auditorium, 789 Yonge St.
4 thoughts on “Swim with the Fishes of Toronto”
Wow! How interesting. What kind of fish is that in the picture?
Come to the Toronto Reference Library’s Beeton Auditorium on Tuesday, November 8th at 1pm and we’ll find out.
I’d guess it’s a “skate” 😉
Hi, Catherine:
You may be right about the picture of the fish on the booklet. I am not sure as I haven’t seen the book yet. It has just been published.
However, the fish at the bottom of the blog page is neither a West Coast Salmon, nor an East Coast salmon for those of you who have strong feelings about your salmon. It is a Toronto salmon from last year’s Humber River salmon run.