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Early observations from researchers suggest that new bull kelp are growing in Burrard Inlet waters after nearly being wiped out by industrialization.
The səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)’s treaty, lands and resources department has worked with the Kelp Rescue Initiative to plant kelp off Whey-Ah-Wichen/Cates Park in North Vancouver and New Brighton Park in Vancouver over the last two years. A scuba mission by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in July revealed transplanted bull kelp are growing healthy to a reproductive age. “I think going into this, knowing how restoration has occurred in other areas of the Northeastern Pacific, I was skeptical that we’d find any re-recruitment at all,” said Olivia Rhoades, program co-lead for DFO’s coastal environmental baseline program. “So that’s really neat.” In 2024, Rhoades and others from the program completed a survey of the types and sizes of kelp and fish in the restoration sites with kelp beds around Stanley Park to compare biodiversity. Preliminary data from July’s survey look promising. “We’re excited to look at the results,” she said. Bull kelp is a seaweed that is like “trees for the ocean,” said Michelle George, cultural and technical specialist for Tsleil-Waututh Nation, oxygenating the water and creating a Continued on A19
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