Work Plan for the Fish Component of the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, May 2012)
This is a revised work plan for the fish component of the 2012 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program at EKATI Diamond Mine, incorporating recommendations from the Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board. The plan details sampling methodologies for lake trout, round whitefish, and slimy sculpin across nine AEMP lakes, including non-lethal sampling techniques, tissue analyses for metals and hydrocarbons, and palatability assessments using DELT analysis and traditional knowledge.
- Date
- 2012-05-28
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Yellowknives Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Tlicho Government, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Hamlet of Kugluktuk
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake, Vulture Lake, Kodiak Lake, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Cujo Lake, Cell E, Lac de Gras, Koala Watershed
- Parameters
- fish sampling, lake trout, round whitefish, slimy sculpin, aquatic effects monitoring, metals analysis, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated phenols, fish palatability, DELT analysis, EROD, PCBs, dioxins, stomach content, liver and gonad weights, fish health, parasites, age, morphometry
- Pages
- 19
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