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C

  • CA
    "Community Advisor" (CA) is a job title for a person with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Community Advisors serve as a liaison between Fisheries and Oceans Canada and its contract and volunteer projects. Each CA lives and works in a specific area. The Burrard Inlet area includes North Vancouver, Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Belcarra, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.

  • Canadian Fisheries Waters
    All waters in the fishing zones of Canada, all waters in the territorial sea of Canada and all internal waters of Canada. (Canada Fisheries Act, sec.2)

  • channelized
    (1) A stream channel which has been straightened.
    (2) Stream banks which have been reinforced with material.

  • CNV
    "City of North Vancouver". A municipality on the north shore of Burrard Inlet.
    Approximate boundaries: west of MacKay Creek, east of Lynn Creek mouth, south at Burrard Inlet, north at 28th Street - excluding District of North Vancouver and Squamish Nation lands.

  • coho
    One of five Pacific salmon species in North America. oncorhynchus kisutch.

  • confluence
    Point where one stream flows into another.

  • conservation
    Managing wildlife and habitat to ensure sustainability and biodiversity.

  • cutthroat
    A fish. A type of trout.


D

  • DFO
    "Department of Fisheries and Oceans" (former). "Fisheries and Oceans Canada" (current).

  • deleterious substance
    Substance harmful to fish or fish habitat. (Canada Fisheries Act, sec.36.3)

  • detritus
    Organic debris from decomposing plants and animals.

  • DNV
    "District of North Vancouver". A municipality on the north shore of Burrard Inlet.
    Approximate boundaries: west at Capilano River, east at Deep Cove, south at Burrard Inlet, north to North Shore mountains - excluding City of North Vancouver and Squamish Nation lands.