Fish Protection
Act
 Welcome
to Ministry of Environment’s Fish Protection Act web site.The
Fish Protection Act
is a key element of the British Columbia Fisheries Strategy to save our
fish stocks before it’s too late.For the first time in B.C., the
Fish Protection Act
provides legislative authority for water managers to consider impacts
on fish and fish habitat before approving new licences, amendments to
licences or issuing approvals for work in or near streams.
B.C.'s
Fish
Protection Act is
the
first legislation
of its kind in Canada. It balances
the needs of fish with the needs of people,
to the benefit of both.
FPA
Overview
 The
Fish
Protection Act
focuses on four major objectives: ensuring sufficient water for fish;
protecting and restoring fish habitat; improved riparian protection and
enhancement; and stronger local government powers in environmental planning.
BC
Streams
General
Streams
 British
Columbia’s Fish Protection
Act was developed to ensure that fish and fish habitat are sustained
for present and future generations. It aims to balance the needs of fish
with the needs of people, to the benefit of both. A proposed regulation
under the British Columbia Fish
Protection Act is designed to incorporate consideration of potential
impacts on fish and fish habitat in water allocation decisions or approvals
for changes in or about streams.
For
more information on General Streams…
Sensitive
Streams
The
process of designating Sensitive Streams, which will involve consultation
with:
- stakeholders
- municipalities
- First
Nations
- communities,
and the public
is
being led by the Ministry of Environment.
Taken together, federal and provincial programs, along with local initiatives,
will provide the best means to ensure that Sensitive Streams are managed
with fish sustainability as the most important management goal.
For
more information on Sensitive Streams…
Debris
The
Fish Protection Act
and associated amendments to the provincial Water Act will provide
important provincial tools to directly focus on the prevention and mitigation
of the introduction of harmful debris (clay, silt, sand rock or similar
material, or any material, natural or otherwise, from construction or
demolition) especially in those areas (e.g. riparian areas), which are
presently not adequately addressed through existing provincial legislation.
For
more information on Debris…
 Riparian
Areas
Regulation
Protecting riparian fish habitat, while facilitating urban
development that exhibits high standards of August 13, 2007ment of British Columbia. Good quality urban
streamside habitat is essential for ensuring healthy fish populations.
For
more information on the Riparian Areas Regulation…
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for visiting!
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