Southern Bight-Minas Basin
Southern Bight-Minas Basin
- Country:
- Canada
- Site number:
- 379
- Area:
- 26,800.0 ha
- Designation date:
- 05-11-1987
- Coordinates:
- 45°13'N 64°16'W
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Southern Bight-Minas Basin. 05/11/87; Nova Scotia; 26,800 ha; 45°13'N 064°16'W. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve; National Wildlife Area. An estuarine embayment surrounded by uplands interspersed with saltmarshes. High tidal amplitudes expose extensive intertidal sand and mud flats that attract large numbers of various species of staging waterbirds, including Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans, etc.), Calidris pusilla (over 100,000) and C. minutilla (up to 10,000). There is unregulated harvesting of polychaetes for the bait fishing business. Ramsar site no. 379. Most recent RIS information: 2001.
Administrative region:
Nova Scotia
National legal designation:
- national wildlife area
Last publication date:
01-01-2001
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)
- CA379RIS.pdf
- CA379RISformer1993_EN.pdf
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