DOCSLIB.ORG

The Oceanographic Circulation of the Port of Saint John Over Seasonal and Tidal Time Scales

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Oceanographic Circulation of the Port of Saint John Over Seasonal and Tidal Time Scales THE OCEANOGRAPHIC CIRCULATION OF THE PORT OF SAINT JOHN OVER SEASONAL AND TIDAL TIME SCALES by Reenu Toodesh BSc. Surveying and Land Information, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, 2007 A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Engineering in the Graduate Academic Unit of Geodesy and Geomatics Enginering Supervisor: John Hughes Clarke, PhD., Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Examining Board: Susan Nichols, PhD., Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Susan Haigh, PhD., Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Katy Haralampides, PhD., Civil Engineering This thesis is accepted by the Dean of Graduate Studies THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK April, 2012 ©Reenu Toodesh, 2012 ABSTRACT As part of the sustainable management of the Port of Saint John there is a critical need to maintain sufficient under keel clearance for the various container and cruise ship traffic in and out of the harbour. Because of high and variable sedimentation rates, annual maintenance dredging is necessary and causes economic concerns for the Port. Therefore to better predict future dredging volumes and hence improve the budgeting process for the Port of Saint John, the estuarine circulation of the harbour has been analysed to better quantify the relative importance of the offshore sediments that contribute to the high dredging volumes in the Saint John harbour. The Port of Saint John lies at the mouth of the Saint John River on the north side of the macrotidal Bay of Fundy. Because of this, the harbour sedimentation is influenced by two major sources of siltation: the Saint John River and the Bay of Fundy. The sediment flux from the river is strongly modulated by the seasonal variations in river discharge. In the Bay of Fundy, there is significant resuspension of offshore marine sediments. To better understand this complex interaction between the fresh water flow and the tidal inflow of salt water, high density oceanographic surveys have been conducted at four different river discharge periods. In order to quantitatively analyse the mixing of the fresh and salt water in the harbour channels, high density ADCP currents and CTD measurements were acquired along main longitudinal axis of the Main Harbour channel and Courtenay Bay over four tidal cycles. By imaging the 200kHz acoustic volume backscatter within the water column, the appearance of interfacial waves at the ii pycnocline can be examined. The optical backscatter sensor provided observations used to estimate suspended sediment concentrations. A cross-sectional analysis of the flow at a location 700m south and seaward of the Rodney bay terminal in the Main Channel revealed that regardless of the river discharge rate, the interfacial waves are best developed on the rising tide. However, during the Spring freshet the interfacial waves are also developed at high tide, low tide and falling tide. Examination of the timing and location of the interfacial waves are important because they influence the nature of sediment transport in the Main Harbour Channel. During high river discharge periods, the sediment concentration and volume flux estimates indicate that the river is the main source of sediments. For the low river discharge periods, the observations suggest that the possible source of suspended sediments observed in the lower saline layer are either from outside of the harbour or bottom sediments being resuspended on the rising tide. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am truly grateful for the opportunity to thank some people who helped me successfully complete this research project. I am very appreciative for the funding received for this research provided by NSERC and my supervisor, the Chair of the Ocean Mapping group, Dr. John Hughes Clarke. I cannot express enough how thankful I am him for allowing me this project. I thank you for your enthusiasm, inspiration, patience and continuous efforts in taking the time to explain the oceanography concepts for me. I would not have been able to do it without your invaluable direction. I would also like to thank Dr. Susan Haigh for taking the time to answer any questions about mathematical concepts whether it was used or not during my research. A special thanks to many members of the Ocean Mapping Group; the Heron Specialist, Steve Brucker, for assisting me in the operations of all equipment used to collect the much needed data in this study. To Ian Church, Doug Cartwright and James Muggah I also thank you for your support. Titus Tienaah, I am very grateful for you being my programming guru at times. Last and most importantly I would like to thank my family, Toodesh Ramesar and Nina Toodesh, for your encouragement, financial assistance and love. To my sisters, Vida and Simi I hope I can now join you on your travels. Hamid, you are my joy, thanks for your continuous encouragement. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................. viii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................. ix Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION – RESEARCH INTEREST ............................................. 1 1.1 Research Objectives ............................................................................................. 3 Chapter 2: STUDY AREA ............................................................................................. 4 2.1. Description of the Study area –Location and description of Saint John Harbour .. 4 2.2 Offshore Wave and Climate Study ..................................................................... 10 2.3 Water Levels, Tides and River Discharge ........................................................... 13 2.3.1 Tidal Influence in the Saint John Harbour study area ................................... 13 2.3.2 River Discharge ........................................................................................... 14 2.3.3 River Water levels for the Oceanographic Surveys of the Saint John Harbour ............................................................................................................................. 16 2.3.4 Wind and Wave Activities affecting the Saint John Harbour ........................ 20 2.4 Siltation processes in the harbour ....................................................................... 22 Chapter 3: ESTUARINE CIRCULATION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL ...... 27 3.1 Review of the characteristics of the Saint John Estuarine System ....................... 27 3.1.1 The Reversing Falls ..................................................................................... 29 3.1.2 Kennebacasis Bay ........................................................................................ 30 3.1.3 Estuarine characteristics of the Saint John Harbour ...................................... 31 3.2 Measurements of Turbulent Mixing in Estuaries ................................................. 37 3.2.1 Richardson number (Ri)............................................................................... 37 3.3 Controls on suspension and deposition of cohesive sediments. ........................... 39 3.4 Characteristics of the plume of the Saint John River ........................................... 40 v Chapter 4: Survey Instrumentation and Methodology ................................................... 46 4.1 Principles of the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (RDI Workhorse Monitor 600kHz) ................................................................................................................... 46 4.1.1 Depth Cell (Bin Size) and Range Gate ......................................................... 48 4.1.2 Bottom Tracking of the ADCP .................................................................... 49 4.1.3 Limitations of using the ADCP for current measurements............................ 50 4.3 Moving Vessel Profiler with CTD sensors .......................................................... 53 4.3.1 Optical Backscatter ...................................................................................... 57 4.4 Knudsen 320 B/P 200 kHz echo sounder ............................................................ 58 4.5 Quantification of Volumetric Fluxes: Freshwater flux, Saltwater flux and Sediment Flux .......................................................................................................... 59 4.5.1 Calculations for Fluxes ................................................................................ 60 4.5.2 Calculation for the Gradient Richardson Number ......................................... 66 Chapter 5: RESULTS AND ANALYSIS ..................................................................... 68 5.1. Main Harbour Channel Oceanographic Results ................................................. 68 5.2 Tidal Cycle - Winter minimum discharge (March 2009) ..................................... 71 5.2.1 Zoom of the 200kHz acoustic imagery of the halocline during the winter minimum observations. ........................................................................................ 74 5.2.3 Velocity and Density Structure at the cross-section location. ....................... 76
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Marine Pilotage in Canada: a Cost Benefit Analysis
    Canadian Marine Pilots’ Association Marine Pilotage in Canada: A Cost Benefit Analysis Prepared by Transportation Economics & Management Systems, Inc. March, 2017 Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Project Background .......................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Discounting Technique and Time Period ......................................................................... 8 1.3 Approach to the Economic Evaluation ............................................................................. 9 2. The Safety Case for Pilotage: Background and Methodology ........................................... 10 2.1 The Effectiveness of Pilotage in the Great Belt of Denmark ......................................... 11 2.2 The Effectiveness of Escort Tugs in Puget Sound and Vancouver ................................ 17 2.3 Summarizing the Safety Effectiveness of Pilotage ........................................................ 18 3. Safety Cost Benefit Analysis by Vessel Type ................................................................... 23 3.1 Tanker Ship Assessment ...............................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • River Related Geologic/Hydrologic Features Abbott Brook
    Maine River Study Appendix B - River Related Geologic/Hydrologic Features Significant Feature County(s) Location Link / Comments River Name Abbott Brook Abbot Brook Falls Oxford Lincoln Twp best guess location no exact location info Albany Brook Albany Brook Gorge Oxford Albany Twp https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/14676 Allagash River Allagash Falls Aroostook T15 R11 https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Allagash-Falls-20408 Allagash Stream Little Allagash Falls Aroostook Eagle Lake Twp http://bangordailynews.com/2012/04/04/outdoors/shorter-allagash-adventures-worthwhile Austin Stream Austin Falls Somerset Moscow Twp http://www.newenglandwaterfalls.com/me-austinstreamfalls.html Bagaduce River Bagaduce Reversing Falls Hancock Brooksville https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Bagaduce-Falls-20606 Mother Walker Falls Gorge Grafton Screw Auger Falls Gorge Grafton Bear River Moose Cave Gorge Oxford Grafton http://www.newenglandwaterfalls.com/me-screwaugerfalls-grafton.html Big Wilson Stream Big Wilson Falls Piscataquis Elliotsville Twp http://www.newenglandwaterfalls.com/me-bigwilsonfalls.html Big Wilson Stream Early Landing Falls Piscataquis Willimantic https://tinyurl.com/y7rlnap6 Big Wilson Stream Tobey Falls Piscataquis Willimantic http://www.newenglandwaterfalls.com/me-tobeyfalls.html Piscataquis River Black Stream Black Stream Esker Piscataquis to Branns Mill Pond very hard to discerne best guess location Carrabasset River North Anson Gorge Somerset Anson https://www.mindat.org/loc-239310.html Cascade Stream
    [Show full text]
  • March 2010 Red Head United Church Hall, Saint John, NB Meeting 6:10 Pm – 8:00 Pm
    Canaport LNG Project Canaport Community Environmental Liaison Committee (CCELC) Minutes of Meeting CCELC # 60 Monday, 8 March 2010 Red Head United Church Hall, Saint John, NB Meeting 6:10 pm – 8:00 pm APPROVED AS AMENDED Committee Present: • Armstrong, Carol Resident • Brown, Alice Resident • Debly, Teresa Resident • Dalzell, Gordon SJ Citizens Coalition for Clean Air • Forsythe, Fraser Co-Chair (Canaport LNG) • Garnett, Vern SJ Citizens Coalition for Clean Air • Griffin, Dennis Resident • Hunter, Roger Resident • Johnston, Jan Resident • MacKinnon, Claude ACAP Representative • McNeill, Pam Resident • Smith, Elsie Resident • Thompson, David H. Fundy Baykeeper Committee Absent: • Court, Ivan Mayor of Saint John • Griffin, Glenn Resident • Melvin, Keith Department of Energy • Perry, Yvonne Member • Rogers, Kathy Member • Thompson, David Member • Turner, Rick Saint John Board of Trade Resources: • Forsythe, Joel Fundy Engineering • O’Brien, Kevin City of Saint John • Peterson, David Department of the Environment Observers: • 1 Person CCELC Meeting Minutes: 8 March 2010 1 (1) OPENING REMARKS: The meeting commenced at 6:10 pm with Fraser Forsythe welcoming everyone. Mr. Forsythe introduced Captain John McCann, Director of Operations and Harbour Master for the Port of Saint John. The agenda was approved. Review & Approval of Minutes from Meeting #5 (1 February 2010): The minutes of meeting #59 on 1 February 2010 were approved, motioned by Vern Garnett and seconded by Gordon Dalzell with the following amendments: Within question 17 some comments by Mr. Dalzell were missing. The minutes will be amended to include comments by Mr. Dalzell that the discussion surrounding question 17 exemplifies the need for continued monthly meetings. The approved minutes will be posted to the Canaport LNG website (www.canaportlng.com).
    [Show full text]
  • The Best Route for the Intercolonial Railway Through the Provinces Of
    : 7. - --^;»" y e t- * /^ THE BEST ROUl^ FOR THE "TV INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY THROUGH THE PROVINCES OP QUEBEC AND NEW BRUNSWICK, CONSIDERED BY A\^ALTER. M. BUCK, O. E. ST. JOHN, N. B. ' wrS5 WILLIAM M.WRIGHT, CORNER MARKET SQUARE & FRINGE WILLIAM (STREET, 1867. %.« rr t^ i I- /, I/; ^^ / I >'' ^ f j.i^i i ^ 1/.' I •, :;( I'^s ? : rM}^^!.vjy ^ >*- '>? -•• '" '• ? 'd; .. •^vt^^l::..', fc:^,^'J '^''H'tiH •5;-.-i .j-"^ , ( THE INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY. WHICH IS TEE BEST ROUTE THROUGH THE PROVINCES OF QUEBEC AND NEW BRUNSWICK? , =. , .. This has become the momentous question of the day, the great topic for Editorial correspondence and comment, and will, before long, be made the important subject for debate iu the new House of Commons at Ottawa. Three routes have been selected from many already surveyed and reported upon. The chosen three are, 1st,—" North Shore" ; 2nd,—'' Central " ; 3rd,— •'Frontier," To these may now be added a fourth, more recently advocated, viz : the "Western" —beinga combination of the "Frontier" and "Central" includ- ing the proposed branch from Fredericton to Hartt's Mills on the Oromocto Kiver, and the Western Extension Railway to St. John. ; Each of these routes has, doubtless, numerous firm supporters as representatives of the Northern and Eastern, the Central, and the Western interests of the Province : and the combined influence of each sectional interest will be brought to bear upon the deliberations of the General Government, during the first Session of the Parliament of the New Dominion. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ROUTES.
    [Show full text]
  • Passage Efficiency of the Tobique-Narrows Smolt By-Pass Facility: 2017-8 Results
    Mactaquac Aquatic Ecosystem Study Report Series 2019-061 Passage Efficiency of the Tobique-Narrows Smolt By-Pass Facility: 2017-8 Results Kurt Samways, Mark Gautreau, and R. Allen Curry March 31, 2019 MAES Report Series 2019-061 Correct citation for this publication: Samways, K., M. Gautreau, and R. Allen Curry. 2019. Passage Efficiency of the Tobique- Narrows Smolt By-Pass Facility: 2017-8 Results. Mactaquac Aquatic Ecosystem Study Report Series 2019-061. Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, 27p. DISCLAIMER Intended Use and Technical Limitations of this report, “Passage Efficiency of the Tobique-Narrows Smolt By-Pass Facility”. This report describes the efficiency of the smolt by-pass facility at the Tobique-Narrows hydropower generating. The CRI does not assume liability for any use of the included information outside the stated scope. ii | Page MAES Report Series 2019-061 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Methodology ............................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Tagging .................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Tracking ................................................................................................................................................ 8 3. Results .......................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • March 22, 2021 Ports Recap 2021.Qxp 2021-03-22 10:32 AM Page 2
    ports recap 2021.qxp 2021-03-22 10:32 AM Page 1 www.canadiansailings.ca March 22, 2021 ports recap 2021.qxp 2021-03-22 10:32 AM Page 2 A THOUSAND DETAILS ? WE TAKE CARE OF THAT. You have one thing on your mind. Getting your cargo where it needs to go. As the leading transportation and logistics provider in North America, we take care of all the details - giving you a reliable end-to-end global supply chain solution. Small load, large load, consolidated or deconsolidated, local or worldwide - you can trust us to get it to the people who matter most - your customers. Reach Farther. Call us today. | 1.888.668.4626 | cn.ca ports recap 2021.qxp 2021-03-22 10:32 AM Page 3 ports recap 2021.qxp 2021-03-22 10:32 AM Page 4 Canadian Transportation & Sailings Trade Logistics www.canadiansailings.ca 1390 chemin Saint-André Rivière Beaudette, Quebec, Canada, J0P 1R0, www.canadiansailings.ca Publisher & Editor Editorial Joyce Hammock Tel.: (514) 556-3042 Associate Editor Theo van de Kletersteeg Calendar Tel.: (450) 269-2007 2021 Production Coordinator France Normandeau, [email protected] Tel.: (438) 238-6800 Advertising Coordinator France Normandeau, [email protected] Tel.: (438) 238-6800 Web Coordinator France Normandeau, [email protected] Contributing Writers Saint John Christopher Williams Halifax Tom Peters Montreal Brian Dunn Ottawa Alex Binkley Toronto Jack Kohane Thunder Bay William Hryb Valleyfield Peter Gabany Vancouver Keith Norbury R. Bruce Striegler U.S. Alan M. Field Advertising Sales: Don Burns, [email protected]
    [Show full text]
  • (Salmo Salar) in the Tobique- Narrows Dam to Maximize Survival at the Mouth of Saint John River – a Preliminary Report
    Mactaquac Aquatic Ecosystem Study Report Series 2016-047 EVALUATION OF TWO ALTERNATIVE BY-PASS STRATEGIES FOR PRE-SMOLT ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR) IN THE TOBIQUE- NARROWS DAM TO MAXIMIZE SURVIVAL AT THE MOUTH OF SAINT JOHN RIVER – A PRELIMINARY REPORT Amanda Babin, Tommi Linnansaari, Steve Peake, R. Allen Curry, Mark Gautreau and Ross Jones 4 November 2016 MAES Report Series 2016-047 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. iii 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 2 METHODS ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 3 PRELIMINARY RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Fate of Tobique-Narrows Release Group ............................................................................................... 8 3.2 Fate of Mactaquac Generating Station Release Group ...................................................................... 9 3.3 Migration Rates ................................................................................................................................................ 9 4 DISCUSSION ...........................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Canada, Port Facility Number
    CANADA Approved port facilities in Canada IMPORTANT: The information provided in the GISIS Maritime Security module is continuously updated and you should refer to the latest information provided by IMO Member States which can be found on: https://gisis.imo.org/Public/ISPS/PortFacilities.aspx Port Name 1 Port Name 2 Facility Name Facility Number Description Longitude Latitude AnnacisAggersund Island AnnacisAggersund Island W.W.L.Aggersund Services - Aggersund Canada Kalkvaerk LTD. CAANI-0005DKASH-0001 VehicleBulk carrier Carrier 1225500W0091760E 491100N565990N Annacis Island W.W.L. Services Canada LTD. CAANI-0005 Vehicle Carrier 1225500W 491100N Argentia Argentia Argentia Freezers and Terminals CANWP-0002 Cargo ships 0535964W 471813N Argentia Argentia Freezers and Terminals CANWP-0002 Cargo ships 0535964W 471813N Argentia Argentia Argentia Port Corporation CANWP-0003 Bulk/break bulk 0535900W 471700N Argentia Argentia Port Corporation CANWP-0003 Bulk/break bulk 0535900W 471700N Arnold's Cove Arnold's Cove NTL Whiffen Head Transshipment CAARC-0001 Other 0555900W 494500N Facility Arnold's Cove NTL Whiffen Head Transshipment CAARC-0001 Other 0555900W 494500N Facility Bagotville Bagotville Quai de Bagotville CABGT-0001 Cruise Ship 07015W 4819N Baie Comeau Baie Comeau ALCOA Canada Première Fusion CABCO-0001 Other 0680900W 491300N Aluminerie de Baie-Comeau Baie Comeau ALCOA Canada Première Fusion CABCO-0001 Other 0680900W 491300N Aluminerie de Baie-Comeau Baie Comeau Baie Comeau Cargill Limitée CABCO-0002 Other 0680900W 141400N Baie Comeau Cargill
    [Show full text]
  • Port Privatization: Commerce and Recreation
    Port Privatization: Commerce and Recreation Michael C. Ircha, PhD, P.Eng., MCIP Professor of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning The Transportation Group Associate Vice-President (Academic/Students) University of New Brunswick Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3 Canada Presented at the 2002 Meeting of the International Association of Maritime Economists, Panama City, Panama, November 13 - 15, 2002. 2 Introduction The spatial and functional separation of commercial ports and urban activities has become a controversial issue in many of the world’s major ports. Hoyle suggested ports typically evolve through a five stage cycle: (i) primitive cityport, (ii) expanding cityport, (iii) modern industrial cityport, (iv) retreat of the city from the waterfront, and (v) redevelopment of the waterfront.1 Around the world, many commercial ports are either in or moving towards the fifth stage in Hoyle’s port evolution model. As such, they face many pressures to redevelop their central city waterfront lands. As port operations move downstream in search for deeper water and landside storage, under-used or abandoned central city port areas are being redeveloped for water-related urban activities, including retail, residential and recreational pursuits. Increasing public demand for access to waterfront amenities coupled with heightened environmental concerns create new challenges in shaping tomorrow’s waterfronts.2 In many countries, public ports have gained increased autonomy from various commercialisation and privatisation reforms. As a result, many of these ports are seeking additional, alternative sources of revenues, which may be provided by waterfront redevelopment projects. Waterfront revitalization began in North American, “in the 1960s and 1970s, the United States and Canada were the cradles of the waterfront-redevelopment movement.”3 The most emulated waterfront redevelopment project is Boston’s Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market.
    [Show full text]
  • Graphite Natural Resources Lands, Minerals and Petroleum Division Mineral Commodity Profile No
    Graphite Natural Resources Lands, Minerals and Petroleum Division Mineral Commodity Profile No. 3 raphite is one of two naturally occurring minerals comprised 40 700 tonnes valued at $36 million (Olson Gsolely of the element carbon (C), the other being diamond. 2009a). Graphite's inert behaviour toward most Although both graphite and diamond have the same chemical chemicals and high melting point (3927°C) make it composition, they differ greatly in their internal arrangement of carbon an ideal material for use in: the steel atoms. A diamond crystal contains an exceptionally strong tetrahedral manufacturing process (it is added to molten steel framework of carbon atoms, making it one of the hardest substances to raise carbon content to meet various hardness on earth. In contrast, graphite is formed of stacked, loosely bound quality standards), refractory linings in electric layers composed of interconnected hexagonal rings of carbon atoms furnaces, containment vessels for carrying molten making it one of the softest materials known; yet its linked ring steel throughout manufacturing plants, and structure can be used as a source of strength (Perkins 2002). These casting ware to create a shaped end-product. In fundamental structural differences reflect the lower temperature and addition, graphite is used as a foundry dressing, pressure conditions under which graphite formed compared to which assists in separating a cast object from its diamond. mould following the cooling of hot metal. The Although graphite and diamond share the same carbon (C) chemistry, differences automotive industry uses graphite extensively in in how their carbon atoms are arranged imparts several contrasting properties. the manufacture of brake linings and shoes.
    [Show full text]
  • Assessment of the Recovery Potential for the Outer Bay of Fundy Population of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar): Habitat Considerations
    Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Research Document 2014/007 Maritimes Region Assessment of the Recovery Potential for the Outer Bay of Fundy Population of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar): Habitat Considerations T.L. Marshall1, C.N. Clarke2, R.A. Jones2, and S.M. Ratelle3 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Science Branch 119 Sandy Cove Lane, RR# 1 Pictou NS B0K 1H0 2Gulf Fisheries Centre P.O. Box 5030 Moncton, NB E1C 9B6 3Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility 114 Fish Hatchery Lane French Village, NB E3E 2C6 November 2014 Foreword This series documents the scientific basis for the evaluation of aquatic resources and ecosystems in Canada. As such, it addresses the issues of the day in the time frames required and the documents it contains are not intended as definitive statements on the subjects addressed but rather as progress reports on ongoing investigations. Research documents are produced in the official language in which they are provided to the Secretariat. Published by: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat 200 Kent Street Ottawa ON K1A 0E6 http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/ [email protected] © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2014 ISSN 1919-5044 Correct citation for this publication: Marshall, T.L., Clarke, C.N., Jones, R.A., and Ratelle, S.M. 2014. Assessment of the Recovery Potential for the Outer Bay of Fundy Population of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar): Habitat Considerations. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2014/007. vi + 82 p. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract.....................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Use of the Lower Saint John River, New Brunswick, As Fish Habitat During the Spring Freshet
    Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Maritimes Region Science Response 2009/014 USE OF THE LOWER SAINT JOHN RIVER, NEW BRUNSWICK, AS FISH HABITAT DURING THE SPRING FRESHET Context The Habitat Protection and Sustainable Development Division in the Maritimes Region has asked Maritimes Science 1) what fish species are present in the lower reaches of the Saint John River, New Brunswick, and its associated watersheds; and 2) do various life-history stages of the fish species present use flooded shoreline areas (i.e., the areas between the low water mark and the high water mark) spatially and temporally during the spring freshet and other periods of flooding? The response to these questions will be used to assist the Conservation and Protection Branch of DFO to address concerns related to industrial and residential activities, including infilling, that may occur in these areas (i.e., between the low and high water marks of the lower Saint John River and its associated watersheds). This response may also be used to help address similar conservation concerns along other rivers in the Maritimes Region. It was determined that a Science Response would be an appropriate format to address this question. A related Science Response was produced in 2007 to address concerns about residential infilling that occurred at one location in Belleisle Bay, which is within the lower reaches of the Saint John River (DFO 2007). The current Science Response is intended to expand upon the previous advice and enable its application to a broader area. Response The Canadian portion of the lower Saint John River is located in New Brunswick.
    [Show full text]