Panda Diversion Channel Proposed Habitat Enhancements, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2012)
BHP Billiton proposes final habitat enhancements to the Panda Diversion Channel to fulfill the 1996 Fish Habitat Compensation Agreement with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, including transplantation of 139 eelgrass clumps and installation of seven rocky ramps, three groyne pairs, and boulder clusters to increase habitat variability for Arctic grayling and other fish species.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Bruce Hanna, Claudine Lee
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Panda Diversion Channel, Kodiak Lake, North Panda Lake, Pigeon Stream, Grizzly Stream, Panda Culvert, Misery Culvert, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- fish habitat, Arctic grayling, eelgrass, instream vegetation, rocky ramps, habitat variability, substrate composition, water depth, benthic invertebrates, spawn habitat
- Pages
- 61
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