Aquatics and Fisheries
VAST’s team of environmental professionals provides a full range of aquatic and fisheries biology services. Using our local knowledge and experience, we create site-specific strategies to meet individual client requirements. We are committed to delivering comprehensive, cost-effective resource management solutions that ensure sound environmental stewardship, meet or exceed regulatory obligations and promote positive public relationships.
- Aquatic and riparian habitat assessments and ecological inventories
- BC Environmental Assessment Act applications
- Fish and benthic invertebrate assessment, inventory and monitoring
- Fish habitat enhancement, mitigation compensation and recovery planning
- Foreshore inventory and sensitive habitat assessment and mapping (FIM/SHIM)
- Riparian and aquatic ecosystem classification and restoration
- Statistical analysis, modeling and interpretation
- Stream crossing design and in-stream construction supervision
- Surface and groundwater quality and quantity analysis and monitoring
- Watershed Planning
- Wetland mapping and classification