Author: Dave Allen

Here is some important information released by Bruce Power. You can download the Bruce Power Lake Huron Creel Survey PDF File

What is a creel survey?

A creel survey consists of a series of questions returning anglers are asked about their fishing effort and catch as well as a measure, weigh and scale sample from their catch. Participation in this survey is optional.

What is the objective?

The objective is to collect data on the recreational fish community and feed this information into the follow up monitoring required by the Bruce Power Units 1 and 2 Refurbishment Environmental Assessment requirements.

When and where are the creel surveys being conducted?

Creel surveys are being conducted in the vicinity of Bruce Power in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), following a standard MNR protocol. Field staff operate from the two closest boat launches to Bruce Power at Baie du Doré and in Inverhuron Provincial Park. Creel surveys began in June and will continue until the end of October. The frequency is six days per week until Labour Day and then three days per week until the end of October. There are day and evening shifts, and the effort is equally distributed between the two locations.

Where does the information collected go and what happens with it?

This information is logged into a database and the dataset is evaluated to see what species of fish and habitat utilization are occurring in the local area over a period of time.

Questions

If you have any questions about the creel survey, please contact John Peevers at 519-361-2673 x6583, email john.peevers@brucepower.com or call the Duty Media Officer at 519 361-6161. Thank you in advance for your support of this Bruce Power project.

For all of you fisherman out on Lake Huron, here is some important information released from Bruce Power. You can download the following PDF files for more information:

Bruce Power Lake Huron Thermal Monitoring Press Release

Thermal Monitoring Equipment Details – Underwater Diagram and GPS Coordinates.

What and where?

Thermal monitoring is being conducted in the vicinity of Bruce Power via a series of temperature stations.

How many?

There are 33 stations marked with flags (Marker Buoys) and white bumper floats (Data Buoys) at specific locations at various depths.

Two stations are currently being used to monitor water current speeds and direction. The monitors sit on the bottom of the lake and have a mechanical pop-up buoy that must be triggered manually when necessary.

The temperature stations are numbered 1 through 33 and the current monitoring stations are labeled X and Y.

Why?

Temperature monitoring stations are deployed in Lake Huron in the local vicinity of Bruce Power to monitor the extent and duration of the thermal plume.

Monitoring of the thermal plume allows us to verify our predictions of “no significant adverse environmental impacts.”

Questions?

If you have any questions about the monitoring or to report any misplaced or damaged equipment, please contact John Peevers at 519-361-2673 x6583, email john.peevers@brucepower.com or call the Duty Media Officer at 519 361-6161.