Wild Fish Health, Oil Sands Region

Wild fish health data (length, weight, gonad size etc.) are now available for trout perch collected from the Athabasca, Peace River and Clearwater Rivers; white sucker collected from the Athabasca and Clearwater Rivers; longnose sucker collected from the Peace River; slimy sculpin collected from tributaries east of the mainstem Athabasca River, as well as Tar River; lake chub collected from tributaries west of the mainstem Athabasca, as well as Alice Creek; longnose dace from the Mackay River; and northern pike collected from the Clearwater River. Contaminants data available for walleye collected from the Athabasca and Peace Rivers. For each of these data sets, upstream reference areas are provided for comparison to downstream developed sites. Reference data are currently being evaluated for variability between years to develop triggers, and these triggers are essential to eventually quantify potential effects at exposed sites. Using existing critical effect sizes developed in the Environmental Effects Monitoring programs for pulp and paper and metal mining effluents, condition endpoints in white sucker were increased within the deposit. Slimy sculpin condition and reproductive endpoints are also exceeding effect sizes downstream of development sites. This data is now being used to predict future fish health endpoints within sites, between sites and relative to reference variability to help assess change in fish health.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
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Date Stamp
2024-12-12T14:45:02.687Z
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Water Science and Technology / Aquatic Contaminants Research Division - ACRD Data Management Team

867 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A1, Canada
 

Data identification

Title

Wild Fish Health, Oil Sands Region
Date (Publication)
2013-10-04
Date (Creation)
2012-11-01
Date (Revision)
2019-06-13
Date (Revision)
2020-04-01
Date (Revision)
2024-12-12
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Principal investigator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Water Science and Technology / Aquatic Contaminants Research Division - Dr. Mark McMaster ( Research scientist)

867 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A1, Canada
Principal investigator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Water Science and Technology / Aquatic Contaminants Research Division - Dr. Erin Ussery ( Research scientist)

867 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A1, Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • Observation/Measurement

  • oil sands

  • monitoring

  • wild fish

  • fish health

  • fish populations

  • fish distribution

  • levels and trends

  • cumulative effects

  • environmental monitoring

  • monitoring station

  • trout perch

  • white suckers

  • slimy sculpin

  • lake chub

  • walleye

  • longnose sucker

  • age

  • growth

  • liver size

  • gonad size

  • abnormalities

  • contaminants

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Fish

  • Oil sands

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

Geography

  • Prairie - Alberta (AB)

  • Water - Drainage regions - Peace–Athabasca

Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

Program (PAA)

  • 1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches

Environment Canada - GC Security Classification

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2011-01-01

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • CSV ( unknown)

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Public inquiries centre

Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd., Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3, Canada
1-800-668-6767

https://canada.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Observation/Measurement abnormalities age contaminants cumulative effects environmental monitoring fish distribution fish health fish populations gonad size growth lake chub levels and trends liver size longnose sucker monitoring monitoring station oil sands slimy sculpin trout perch walleye white suckers wild fish
Branch

Science and Technology Branch
Business Functions

Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
Directorate

Water Science and Technology
ECCC Information Category EN

Water - Quality
Environment Canada - GC Security Classification

Unclassified
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Fish Oil sands
Program (PAA)

1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches


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