Marine habitat and water quality
Protecting marine habitat and water quality is an important part of our environmental programs at Port Metro Vancouver. We were the first port in Canada to assign a dedicated team to environmental issues and have introduced many innovative programs.
The following are a few examples of how we work to protect water quality and fish habitat at the Port:
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Placing gabions, which are wire bags of rocks, around terminals to increase the protected surface area for use as habitat for small ocean creatures like coon-striped shrimp.
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Building refugia into caissons under terminals for increased protected habitat for fish such as ling cod.
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Creating artificial reefs and habitat benches for both marine habitat and divers, to view some of the more than 70 species of fish that live at the Port.
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Committing $25 million in environmental mitigation and enhancements as part of our terminal expansion project at Roberts Bank.