Eel Grass

VFPA has worked collaboratively with Fisheries and Oceans Canada to minimize the impacts and provide appropriate compensation under the Habitat Compensation Plan.

The Habitat Compensation Plan for DP3 will provide approximately 20 hectares of on-site compensation projects and 7.5 hectares of off-site compensation that will be funded by VFPA and created in partnership with the Pacific Salmon Foundations and Ducks Unlimited with the support of DFO and Canadian Wildlife Services within the Fraser River Esturary.

Specific measures of the Habitat Compensation Plan include:

• East causeway enhancements include the excavation of the east causeway shoreline to create aquatic habitat for fish and coastal seabirds.
• Log removal and salt marsh restoration to increase productive capacity for fish and fish habitat.
• Caisson habitat openings within the dock structure will provide increased surface area and refuge for marine organisms.
• Subtidal rock reef for increased fish and coastal seabird habitat productivity.
• Sandbar stabilization to re-establish eel grass beds within areas that have been modified by dendritic channels.