SERVICES
Our Services
Our offices in Port Hardy and Campbell River, B.C. provide the opportunity to serve all of Vancouver Island and the Mid-Coast and Central Coast of British Columbia. The staff at Pacificus have extensive experience in Dive Survey and Assessment, Stream Classification, Environmental Monitoring, Fisheries Management and Research, Water Quality Monitoring and Watershed Restoration.
Pacificus stays current with regulatory approvals in order to provide recommendations for any project from a regulatory perspective. The company offers a complete range of expertise in the planning, implementation and monitoring phases of project management to satisfy any client request.
Dive Survey and Assessment
For over 20 years, Pacificus has offered a full range of commercial diving services to numerous forestry, private industry, government and First Nations clients. Our team of fully certified commercial divers delivers professional evaluations, data collection, underwater videography and technical reports for each project undertaken.
Our commitment to customer service, safety, and efficiency has earned us a reputation as the leading dive assessment service provider for North Vancouver Island, Central Coast, and Haida Gwaii.
Underwater services offered at Pacificus include:
• Abalone Surveys
• Eelgrass Surveys, Mapping and Transplanting
• Foreshore Assessments
• Log Dump Facility Assessments
• Habitat Offsetting Planning and Monitoring
• Habitat Evaluations
• Heli-logging Drop Zone Assessments
• Herring Spawn Surveys
• Population Assessments
• Subtidal Assessments
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Stream Classification
Pacificus provides comprehensive stream classification services for forestry, private industry landowners, government, and First Nations clients. Our fisheries expertise allows us to accurately identify fish habitat within proposed harvest areas and development sites, and manage according to the appropriate guidelines.
When conducting fish stream identification and riparian management, Pacificus adheres to the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) and Private Managed Forest Land Council’s (PMFLC’s) Field Practices Guide requirements. Our team follows numerous provincial land use orders and criteria including the Great Bear Rainforest Order (Central and South Coast areas), the Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives Order, and Terrain Risk Management Strategy (TRMS) criteria.
Additionally, Pacificus offers provincial Riparian Area Protection Regulations (RAPR) assessments for municipalities where it is in effect.
Our professional biologists conduct preliminary fish presence assessments, field qualitative and quantitative analyses, fish sampling, habitat utilization assessments, and technical report writing. Fish sampling is primarily conducted through electrofishing and secondary methods such as gee-wire minnow traps.
The reports include detailed information regarding the characteristics of the stream, fish presence, development strategies and accompanying maps and photos.
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Environmental Monitoring
While meeting our clients’ needs, Pacificus strives to maintain high environmental standards that follow BC and federal environmental regulations. We diligently provide a safe, efficient workplace by supplying on-site professional Environmental Monitors at bridge replacements, culvert replacements, road deactivations, foreshore excavation sites and construction sites that occur within or adjacent to fish habitat. This ensures that all activity occurs with minimal environmental impact.
• On-site Monitoring
• Compliance and Reporting
• Development of Environmental Management Plans
• Fish Salvage and Exclusions
• Liaison with Government Agencies (i.e. DFO)
• Site Preparation
• Sediment Monitoring and Control
• Urban site monitoring
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Fisheries Management and Research
Pacificus has the personnel and resources to effectively manage entire projects from concept to implementation.
By working closely with our clients, we gain a full understanding of their unique project needs. We have proven experience in building and managing fisheries programs including directed research projects, capacity building initiatives, data analysis, and training programs.
Pacificus also offers unique First Nations training in programs such as clam, eulachon and herring surveys, as well as stream restoration. The training programs are designed to build capacity and gather management data according to program objectives.
• Design and Implementation of Population Experiments
• Focused Research On: Fish Distribution, Population Abundance and Characteristics
• Harvesting Strategies
• Herring Spawn Surveys
• Intertidal Clam Surveys
• Juvenile Salmon Enumerations
• Management of First Nations Fisheries Programs
• Subtidal Invertebrate Enumerations
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Environmental Sampling
Pacificus performs a wide range of Environmental Sampling services including water sampling, soil sampling, and tissue sampling in order to assist clients with monitoring requirements and environmental response. Pacificus has provided expertise to clients dealing with hydrocarbon spills, toxicity issues, and / or those who need to conduct monitoring to meet permit or project requirements. Utilizing the B.C. Field Sampling Manual, samples are collected in accordance with applicable procedures for the appropriate media, while ensuring all QA/QC objectives are met. We can assist in project design to ensure all necessary analytes and parameters are collected, assist with sample collection and interpretation, and provide recommendations based on analysis of results. Guidelines utilized include BC Water Quality Guidelines, BC Soil Quality Guidelines, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment – Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines, and/or other relevant comparisons that may be available for a specific project.
• Program Design
• Freshwater Surface Sampling
• Marine water sampling at depth and surface (e.g. MWWR requirements)
• Soil and sediment sampling
• Tissue collection
• Proper QA/QC targets and analysis
• All samples sent to accredited lab
• Extensive experience regarding permit and agency requirements
• Spill response sampling and monitoring
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Watershed Restoration
Pacificus is fully committed to the sustainable development of the environment and has extensive experience conducting habitat assessments, creating watershed-based fish sustainability plans, supervising and conducting in-stream and riparian work, and completing as-built reporting for fish habitat restoration works. Our experienced biologists are focused on providing service excellence for all our clients while maintaining environmental integrity.
• Habitat Assessments
• Project Management and Supervision During Restoration Activities
• Reconnaissance Surveys
• Examination of bank stability
• Spawning channel development
• Rearing and Refuging Habitat
• Riparian Restoration Prescriptions and Treatment
• Watershed-based Fish Sustainability Planning
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We are available to discuss your project
For more information, or to speak to someone directly about the specific needs of your organization, please contact us directly.
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