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     FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT. Members who 
     
     attended the February meeting enjoyed a most 
     
     interesting account of day to day activity 
     
     within a cormorant colony. Using his own 
     
     slides, Geoff Hogan shared with members, 
     
     much of what he had learned during several 
     
     years of research on two Island cormorant 
     
     colonies (Cape Tryon and Durrell Point). At 
     
     one time cormorants were heavily persecuted 
     
     by those who believed they destroyed valuable 
     
     fish stocks. From an extreme population low 
     
     fifty years ago, cormorants in the Gulf of St. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lawrence have increased dramatically and in 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     fact are still expanding their colonies in 
     
     suitable sites around the 
     
    
   
   
    
     recognized that cormorants feed largely on ’junk' or non-commercia1 
     
    
   
   
    
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     so are largely left unmolested by fishermen. Today Great and Double-crested Cormorants 
     
     are oozzon along Island waters, adding variety and interest to coastal seasoapes. 
     
    
   
   
    
     U.P.E.I. PLANRTARIUM. A distinctive new 
     
    
   
   
    
     landmark will soon appear on the grounds 
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
           
     
    
   
   
    
     north side of the gymnasi" . The facility 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
     is.to include a geodesic dome contain- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ing a one hundred seat planetarium theatr 
     
    
   
   
    
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     plus an adjoining structure which will q/WWWm/fl/fl ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     function as an entry and administrative centre. When a new gym is constructed 
     
     the old one will be made available to the ASC for use as a science museum. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Construction and landscaping are to be financed by the University while equipment 
     
    
   
   
    
     and furnishings are to be provided by the Abeqweit Science Centre.