Save Halkett Bay

In a preliminary review for the Environmental Assessment it is leading, DFO said the proposed artificial reef would destroy 1,470 square metres of an "uncommon" type of marine environment.

That's a huge blow for a park that was supposed to be protected from damage.

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"The addition of habitat features that are already well represented would not compensate for the loss of the relatively uncommon fine sediment seabed under the footprint of the vessel."

--DFO letter to the ARSBC