905-794-2325 ecometrix.ca Knowledge combined with science achieves measurable results. Surface Water Quality Assessment Challenge A portion of the known deposit of iron ore for the Luce Pit at the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) was located near and beneath Hakim Lake. To allow the expansion of the pit this lake had to be removed. As a result of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) policy of no net loss, the removal of this lake had to be compensated for through equivalent habitat units. The Luce Pit compensation plan was developed and involved removal of all of the fish from Hakim Lake and moving them to the previously fishless White Lake, prior to draining. Following the transplant, the compensation plan laid out a schedule of monitoring to assess the

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