Lesson 3: Legistlation 2024 Handbook Flashcards
Lead federal role in managing Canada’s fisheries and safeguarding its waters.
FISHERIES ACT
Fisheries Act
PROTECT FISH DURING CONSTRUCTION
HABITAT ALTERATION, DISRUPTION, OR DESTRUCTION (HADD) OF FISH AND FISH HABITAT
PROHIBITS POLLUTION OF WATER INHABITIED BY FISH
HADD
HABITAT ALTERATION, DISRUPTION, OR DESTRUCTION
Fisheries act changes in 2019.
PROTECTION FOR ALL FISH AND FISH HABITAT
CLEARER PERMITTING FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
NEW ABILITY TO ENSHRINE INSHORE FISHING POLICIES INTO REGULATIONS
BETTER ABILITY TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY FOR THE LONG-TERM
INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE PROVIDED MUST INFORM HABITAT DECISIONS
INCREASED FOCUS ON HABITAT RESTORATION AND REBUILDING FISH STOCKS
Fish definition as per Fisheries Act
PART OF FISH
SHELLFISH, CRUSTACEANS, MARINE ANIMALS AND ANY PARTS OF SHELLFISH, CRUSTACEANS OR MARINE ANIMALS
THE EGGS, SPERM, SPAWN, LARVAE, SPAT AND JUVENILE STAGES OF FISH, SHELLFISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MARINE ANIMALS
Water frequented by fish and any other areas on which fish depend directly or indirectly to carry out their life processes, including spawning grounds and nursery, rearing, food supply and migration areas.
FISH HABITAT
The instream and out-of-stream habitats such as side channels, wetlands, riparian areas.
FISHERIES SENSITIVE ZONE (FSZ)
Vegetation located next to streams that have a direct influence on aquatic habitat.
RIPARIAN ZONE
The measure maximum capability of a habitat to produce fish and / or food organisms in natural or restored conditions.
PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY
DFO
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS
Functions of DFO
PROTECT FISH AND FISH HABITAT
PROVIDES MECHANISMS FOR ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT WHILE PROTECT FISH AND HABITAT
CONVICTIONS CAN LEAD TO FINES AND / OR IMPRISONMENT
Has no-net -loss (NNL) policy
DFO
Overall objective of DFO
NET GAIN OF FISH HABITAT
DFO Goals
MAINTAIN CURRENT PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF FISH HABITALS (NNL PRINCIPLE)
REHABILITATE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF FISH HABITAT
CREATE AND IMPROVE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF FISH HABITAT
Hierarchy of habitat value
SPAWNING HABITAT
REARING HABITAT
OFF CHANNEL HABITAT
MIGRATORY HABITAT
WETLANDS (NON-ACCESSIBLE)
NATIVE RIPARIAN
NON-NATIVE RIPARIAN
Implemented during projects planning, design, construction and / or operation when habitat is threatened
MITIGATION
Measures to protect fish and fish habitat
PREVENT THE DEATH OF FISH
MAINTAIN RIPARIAN VEGETATION
CARRY OUT WORKS, UNDERTAKINGS AND ACTIVITIES ON LAND
MAINTAIN FISH PASSAGE
ENSURE PROPER SEDIMENT CONTROL
PREVENT ENTRY OF DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCES IN WATER
Most common mitigation measures include:
CONDUCTING WORK WITHIN THE FISHERIES WINDOW
SHORT WORK SCHEDULE
USING LEAST HARMFUL EQUIPMENT / MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION METHODS
ENSURING FISH PASSAGE DURING AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION
SEDIMENT AND EROSION CONTROL
ENSURING MINIMUM IN - STREAM FLOW RATES
COMBINATION OF METHODS
Implemented when residual impacts of projects on habitat productive capacity are still deemed harmful.
HABITAT COMPENSATION
Most commonly used habitat compensation
CREATE SIMILAR HABITAT AT OR NEAR THE DEVELOPMENT SITE WITHIN THE SAME ECOLOGICAL UNIT
CREATE SIMILAR HABITAT IN A DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL UNIT THAT SUPPORT THE SAME STOCKS OR SPECIES
INCREASE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF EXISTING HABITAT AT OR NEAR SITE AND WITHIN THE SAME ECOLOGICAL UNIT
INCREASE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF A DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL UNIT THAT SUPPORTS THE SAME STOCKS OR SPECIES
Guidelines used during land development projects to help meet the objectives of the Fisheries Act
LAND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE PROTECTION OF AQUATIC LIFE
Goals of Land Development Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF FISH HABITAT THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO LAND DEVELOPMENT
TO ASSIST LAND DEVELOPERS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT
Objectives of Land Development Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
PROVISIONS AND PROTECTION OF RIPARIAN ZONE
CONTROL OF SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT IN RUNOFF WATER
CONTROL OF RATES OF WATER RUNOFF TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS
CONTROL OF IN-STREAM WORK, CONSTRUCTION AND DIVERSIONS
MAINTENANCE OF FISH PASSAGE FOR ALL SALMONID LIFE STAGES LIFE STAGES, AND
PREVENTION OF DISCHARGE OF DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCES
WCB
WORK COMPENSATION BOARD (PROVINCIAL)
Provincial - WCB
PROMOTING WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY
ENFORCES THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION
WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT
DEALS WITH COMPENSATION TO WORKERS AND DEPENDANTS
LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS
DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Air quality issues that are handled under WorkSafeBC
INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ)
ENVIRONMENT TOBACCO SMOKE (ETS)
MAIN AIR ISSUES IN BUILDINGS
DUST
METALS
CARBON MONOXIDE
Forest and Range Practices Act
PROTECTING FORESTRY AREAS
PLANNING
ROAD BUILDING
LOGGING
REFORESTATIONS
GRAZING
GOVERNS FOREST RELATED ACTIVITIES
GUIDANCE FOR WORKING IN AND ABOUT A STREAM