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Fish Processing Plant Audit Inspection Reports & Data

Last updated on July 9, 2018

Inspections

The Inspection Phase consisted of a combination of on-site and office review inspections of 30 fish processing facilities along the British Columbia coastline. The inspections consisted of an assessment of each facility’s Permit requirements. Inspection reports and sampling results will be posted as available.

Sampling

As part of the fish processing plant audit, ENV staff took samples at eight plants that were discharging at the time of the inspection. Compliance will be verified with sample results as per permit requirements and/or EMA 6(4). A typical suite of effluent parameters were sampled including: total suspended solids (TSS), biological oxygen demand (BOD), pH, nutrients, coliforms and toxicity.

In general, wastewater (effluent) should not be acutely toxic to aquatic organisms, however there are circumstances where parameters (such as BOD), that are elevated and harmful in the effluent discharge, are no longer harmful once diluted or aerated in the receiving environment. ENV typically allows an initial dilution zone (IDZ), to enable the discharged waste to mix with the receiving environment. At the edge of the IDZ, the effluent must be sufficiently mixed as to not have any long-term (chronic) effects on the environment.

To fully assess if the effluent is having an effect on aquatic life (and causing pollution) in the receiving environment, additional information is required, including a description of the ecosystem near the discharge, an assessment of effluent mixing, and additional sampling at the edge of the IDZ.

Ministry staff reviewed and compared the sample results to the different treatment works authorized at each plant (as well as the different seafood products being processed) to inform the audit report. This information led to recommendations related to effluent quality and the required treatment works during future permit amendment or application processes (such as updated treatment methods and receiving environment monitoring programs).

Ministry staff also shared the sample results with Environment and Climate Change Canada and with the appropriate Health Authorities.

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1812 Canadian Fishing Company

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

1829 Omega Packing Company

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

1862 Ocean Fisheries

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

1975 Ocean Fisheries

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

2498 JS McMillan Fisheries

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

2499 Keltic Seafoods

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

3139 Lions Gate Fisheries

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Sample Results

 

5661 Walcan Seafood

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Sample Results

 

5768 Saltstream Engineering

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

6776 Great Glacier Salmon

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

7555 Towns Netting and Marine Supply

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

7581 Egmont Fish Plant

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

7785 Shearer Fish Company

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

7866 Aero Trading Company

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

7952 Lions Gate Fish Co

 

7982 Tenerife Packing Company

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

8085 Bella Bella Fisheries

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

8124 Brown’s Bay Packing Co

 

8220 Canadian Fishing Company

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

8370 Cape Scott Seafoods

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

8430 SM Properties

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Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.
 

11539 CB Island Fisheries

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.

 

11596 Marine Harvest Canada

 

13221 Englewood Packing Company

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.

 

14661 Ucluelet Harbour Seafoods

 

16022 Ucluelet Harbour Seafoods

 

16725 West Coast Reduction

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.

 

17130 Sakura Seafood Company

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.

 

17667 West Coast Fishculture

 

103864 Albion Fisheries

Inspections

Sample Results

  • No samples were taken as the facility was not discharging at the time of inspection.