Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Fish Response Plan Version 4.0, Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, October 2025)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency submits comments on Burgundy Diamond Mines' Fish Response Plan v4.0, raising concerns about elevated mercury and selenium levels in fish tissue downstream of mine facilities and recommending additional monitoring, studies, and stakeholder workshops to address potential risks to fish populations and future Indigenous subsistence fishing.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Mason Mantla, Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd., Tłı̨cho Government, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Government of the Northwest Territories, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settling Facility, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Cujo Lake, Koala watershed, Kodiak Lake, Counts Lake, Vulture Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- mercury in fish tissue, selenium in fish tissue, fish bioaccumulation, Lake Trout, Round Whitefish, Slimy Sculpin, fish reproductive health, fecundity, ovarian tissue selenium, fish growth, catch per unit effort, aquatic effects monitoring, mine closure, subsistence fishing, trophic cascade, fish diet
- Pages
- 4
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