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Guidelines & Factsheets

Guidelines

Policy and Legislation Guidelines

• Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat
• Fisheries Act - Habitat Protection and Pollution Prevention Provisions - Compliance and Enforcement Policy
  

Prescriptive Guidelines

• Guidelines for the Use of Explosives In or Near Canadian Waters

Technical Guidelines

• Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screen Guideline

Awareness Guidelines

(These documents were developed for Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and may not be applicable to other provinces.)

• The Dock Primer – Ontario Edition
• The Dock Primer – Prairies Edition
  Provides important information on building a residential dock, including: planning, shapes, materials, types, and the approval process.
• The Shore Primer – Ontario Edition
• The Shore Primer –Prairies Edition
  Shows cottagers and other landowners how to protect shorelines and gives solutions for restoring an altered shoreline to its former health and beauty.
• The Drain Primer
  A Guide to maintaining and conserving agricultural drains and fish habitat.

Factsheets

National Fact Sheets

Fish Fact Sheets

1. Atlantic Salmon
2. Brook Trout
3. Brown Bullhead
4. Brown Trout
5. Channel Catfish
6. Chinook Salmon
7. Coho Salmon
8. Lake Sturgeon
9. Lake Trout
10. Lake Whitefish
11. Largemouth Bass
12. Muskellunge
13. Northern Pike
14. Pink Salmon
15. Rainbow Trout
16. Smallmouth Bass
17. Walleye
18. Yellow Perch

Provincial/Territorial

Working Around Water? (Alberta Fact sheets)

1. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat       
2. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Docks, Boathouses And Boat Launches        
3. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Building Materials      
4. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Building A Beach
5. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Shoreline Stabilization
6. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And The Effects Of Sediment

Working Around Water? (Manitoba Fact sheets)

1. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat       
2. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Docks, Boathouses And Boat Launches        
3. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Building Materials      
4. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Building A Beach
5. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Shoreline Stabilization
6. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And The Effects Of Sediment       

Factsheets (Newfoundland)

1. Effects of Silt on Fish and Fish Habitat
2. Blasting - Fish and Fish Habitat Protection
3. Ditching
4. Temporary Fording Sites
5. Forwarder Trails
6. Filter Fabric
7. Rock Check Dam
8. Temporary Bridges
9. Resource Road Construction
10. Instream Work in the Dry Cofferdams
11. Streambank Stabilization
12. Instream Work in the Dry Temporary Diversion
13. Instream Work in the Dry Elevated Pipes
14. Culvert Stabilization
15. Storm Drain Outlets
16. Highway Construction Low Point Protection
17. Temporary Settling (Detention) Basins
18. Bridge Construction / Demolition
19. Freshwater Salmonid Habitat Requirements
20. Highway Construction/Upgrading-Infilling, Stabilization & No-grub Zones
21. Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screen
22. Diamond Drilling - Mineral Exploration
23. Stream Clean-Up
24. Timber Crib
25. Water &Sewer Installation Stream Crossings
26. Culvert Installations

Working Around Water? (Ontario Fact Sheets)

• Information - What you should know about Fish Habitat
• Fact Sheet C-1 - Fish Habitat & Docks, Boathouses and Boat Launches
• Fact Sheet C-2 - Fish Habitat & Building a Beach
• Fact Sheet C-3 - Fish Habitat & Building Materials
• Fact Sheet C-4 - Fish Habitat & Shoreline Stabilization
• Fact Sheet C-5 - Fish Habitat & Constructing Ponds
• Fact Sheet I-1 - Fish Habitat & Dredging
• Fact Sheet I-2 - Fish Habitat & Controlling Aquatic Plants
• Fact Sheet I-3 - Fish Habitat & Sunken Log Retrieval
• Fact Sheet I-4 - What you should know about Fish Habitat and Stream Cleanup
• Fact Sheet L-1 - What you should know about obtaining a Fisheries Act Authorization
• Fact Sheet L-2 - Municipal Drains in the Southern Ontario Region
• Fact Sheet T-1 - What you should know about Fish Habitat and the Effects of Silt and Sediment
• Fact Sheet T-2 - What you should know about Fish Habitat and Fluctuating Water Levels on the Great Lakes

Working Around Water? (Saskatchewan Fact sheets)

1. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat       
2. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Docks, Boathouses And Boat Launches        
3. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Building Materials      
4. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Building A Beach
5. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And Shoreline Stabilization
6. What You Should Know About Fish Habitat And The Effects Of Sediment       

Underwater World

• Groundfish
• Pelagics
• Invertebrates
• Diadromous
• Marine Mammals
• Freshwater

Marine Protected Areas

1. Areas of Interest

Integrated Management Initiatives

1. Eastern Scotian Shelf
2. Central Coast of British Columbia