Industry and government explore cost-sharing plan for BC Water Quality Monitoring Program

摘要

The shellfish growing area on the northwest end of Vancouver Island, from Vargas Island in the south to Scott Islands in the north, requires a reevalualion survey in order to maintain its Approved classification for shellfish harvesting. As a result of the Department of Environment's (DOE) funding cuts, outside funding through cost-sharing is being sought for water quality monitoring in remote areas such as this which are expensive to survey. In April a meeting attended by DOE and the stakeholders was held to discuss possible cost-sharing arrangements for surveying the northwest growing area.