Commentary on the Management of Fish Habitat in Northern Canada: Information Requirements and Policy Considerations Regarding Diamond, Oil Sands and Placer Mining, Appendix (DFO, 2005)
This 2005 Canadian Technical Report documents an extensive consultation and literature review on the management of fish habitat in northern Canada regarding diamond, oil sands, and placer mining activities. The appendix contains detailed comments from 51 consultants including mining industry representatives, DFO habitat managers, scientists, and other stakeholders, along with information on lake elimination and habitat compensation measures across Canada since the 1950s, with emphasis on information gaps and management recommendations.
- Date
- 2005
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Pacific Region, Marine Environment and Habitat Science Division, Freshwater Habitat Section, BHP Billiton, De Beers Canada, Rio Tinto-Aber, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Suncor, Albian Sands Energy Inc., Klondike Placer Miners' Association, Golder Associates Ltd., M. Miles and Associates Ltd., DFO Habitat Management, Environment Canada, Yukon Territorial Government, University of Alberta, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Locations
- Northern Canada, Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Snap Lake, Diavik, Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut, Arctic, West Vancouver, Yellowknife, Mackenzie River delta, Slave Geological Province
- Parameters
- fish habitat, lake elimination, water quality, diamond mining, placer mining, oil sands mining, habitat compensation, habitat restoration, no net loss, spawning habitat, fish species distribution, productive capacity, sediment effects, stream health, Arctic fish ecology, aquatic monitoring, tailings impoundment areas
- Pages
- 210
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