THE JohnstoneCOASTAL PLAN - Bute Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Coast and Marine Planning Branch December 2004 National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data British Columbia. Coast and Marine Planning Branch. The Johnstone-Bute Coastal Plan. “December, 2004” Also available on the Internet. ISBN 0-7726-5152-3 1. Coastal zone management – Government policy – British Columbia – Johnstone Strait Region. 2. Coastal zone management – Government policy - British Columbia – Bute Inlet Region. 3. Land use - British Columbia - Johnstone Strait Region. 4. Land use - British Columbia – Bute Inlet Region. 5. Johnstone Strait (B.C.) – Environmental conditions. 6. Bute Inlet (B.C.) – Environmental conditions. I. Title. HD319.B7B74 2004 333.91’7’097111 C2004-960040-0 The Johnstone - Bute Johnstone The COASTAL PLAN The J o hnston e - B ute PLAN COASTAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Plan Announcement................................................................................................................................................................................... i DFO Letter of Recognition.......................................................................................................................................................................iii Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................................................................................................iv Acronyms and Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................................xii 1.0 Introduction......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Location ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Plan Rationale and Intent...................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Jurisdiction and Scope ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.4 Planning Process....................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 Plan Area Description ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Physical and Oceanographic Features................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 British Columbia Marine Ecological Classification.......................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Marine Habitat ......................................................................................................................................................................12 2.4 Biological Features .................................................................................................................................................................18 2.5 Social and Economic Profile................................................................................................................................................29 2.6 Economic Structure and Trends .........................................................................................................................................32 2.7 Economic Activities.................................................................................................................................................................32 3.0 Plan Framework and Direction....................................................................................................................................................39 3.1 Use of the Plan.......................................................................................................................................................................39 3.2 Planning Units and Unit Data............................................................................................................................................39 3.3 Defining Areas of Ecological Significance ........................................................................................................................40 3.4 Uses and Activities.................................................................................................................................................................41 3.5 Determination of Use Acceptability..................................................................................................................................41 3.6 Planning Unit Direction ........................................................................................................................................................42 3.7 Site Specific Considerations for Tenure Applications.....................................................................................................43 3.8 Aquaculture Assessment/Opportunity...............................................................................................................................44 3.9 Xwémalhkwu Coastal and Marine Planning .................................................................................................................44 3.10 Upland Owner Riparian Rights .......................................................................................................................................45 3.11 Navigable Waters................................................................................................................................................................45 3.12 Planning Unit Direction......................................................................................................................................................47 Planning Unit Example.......................................................................................................................................................47 Unit 1. Port Neville..............................................................................................................................................................51 Unit 2. Upper Johnstone....................................................................................................................................................55 Unit 3.Yorke ..........................................................................................................................................................................59 Unit 4. Sunderland Channel .............................................................................................................................................63 Unit 5.Topaze Harbour......................................................................................................................................................67 Unit 6. Wellbore Channel...................................................................................................................................................71 Unit 7. Current - Race........................................................................................................................................................75 Unit 8. Chancellor Channel...............................................................................................................................................79 Unit 9. South Johnstone.....................................................................................................................................................83 Unit 10. Philips Arm............................................................................................................................................................87 Unit 11. Nodales Channel.................................................................................................................................................91 Unit 12. Frederick - Estero................................................................................................................................................95 Unit 13. Rapids ....................................................................................................................................................................99 Unit 14. Okisollo – Hole in the Wall...........................................................................................................................105 Unit 15. Bute Entrance ...................................................................................................................................................109 Unit 16. Lower Bute.........................................................................................................................................................113 Unit 17. Orford..................................................................................................................................................................119 Unit 18. Upper Bute........................................................................................................................................................125