Commentary on the Management of Fish Habitat in Northern Canada, Information Requirements and Policy Considerations Regarding Diamond, Oil Sands and Placer Mining, Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2606 (DFO, 2005)
This technical report assesses scientific and management information needs for consistent decisions on fish habitat management in northern Canada regarding diamond, oil sands, and placer mining operations. It reviews the biology and ecology of seven Arctic fish species, examines watershed-level cumulative effects, and identifies critical deficiencies in knowledge about compensatory and restorative measures for habitat destruction, particularly the elimination of lakes for mining activities.
- Date
- 2005
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, I.K. Birtwell, S.C. Samis, N.Y. Khan, BHP Billiton, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., De Beers Canada, Tahera Diamond Corporation, Environment Canada
- Locations
- Northern Canada, Canadian Arctic, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Lac de Gras, Ekati, Diavik, Snap Lake, Jericho, Gahcho Kué, Coppermine River, Yukon, Lesser Slave Lake, Great Lakes, Slave Geological Province
- Parameters
- fish habitat management, lake trout, Arctic grayling, lake whitefish, round whitefish, burbot, longnose sucker, slimy sculpin, diamond mining, oil sands mining, placer gold mining, lake elimination, habitat compensation, habitat restoration, water quality, sediment effects, cumulative effects, aquatic productivity, fish spawning, fish diet and feeding, habitat requirements, watershed ecology, permafrost, icing of streams, primary production, secondary production
- Pages
- 355
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