Submission 0806-ANDERSON

Submitter: Gillian Anderson

Community: Merville

Date Submitted: September 29, 2011

Summary:
Roberts and Sturgeon Banks provide critical nursery areas for fish, crustaceans, nesting areas for migratory birds and feeding grounds for orca whales. But urbanization is endangering the estuary, and may be contributing to the decline of the salmon populations of the Fraser River. Notably, there is a lack of a master plan to protect remaining Fraser estuarine habitat, inadequate environmental assessment of development projects in the estuary, specifically DeltaPort, and inadequate habitat mitigation and compensation programs.

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