Victoria company fined $11,000 for fouling creek, killing fish

Victoria company fined $11,000 for fouling creek, killing fish

By Darron Kloster

Source: timescolonist

8/12/2022

Credit: CONSERVATION OFFICERS SERVICE

A Victoria company that cleans building exteriors and roofs has been fined $11,000 by the province for discharging a toxic substance into a storm drain that flowed into Sidney’s Reay Creek, killing 300 fish and setting back restoration of the waterway.

Elevate Exterior Washing Ltd. received the administrative penalty after a roof de-mossing mixture containing bleach and surfactant was spilled into the creek.

Ian Bruce, executive co-ordinator of the Peninsula Streams Society, said the discharge “instantly” killed 318 cutthroat trout and seven coho salmon in a 150-metre section of Reay Creek downstream of the Wesbrook Drive storm sewer outfall.

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
3126	Fishing rodeo for senior citizens reels in happy fishermen	nj	2022-04-16	US
3127	Anchovies' 'frantic behaviour' during spawning causes turbulence in waters and helps to circulate nutrients	dailymail	2022-04-07	UK
3128	"A fish of a lifetime": Record 131-pound catfish caught in Mississippi	cbs news	2022-04-12	US
3129	Sharing a marine reserve with fishers: Q&A with Belize Fisheries’ Adriel Castañeda	mongabay	2022-04-14	BZ
3130	Marine veteran promotes healing for people and the planet through fly fishing	wearethemighty	2022-04-15	US
3131	The underwater “eye” that is unlocking ocean secrets	vox	2022-04-20	US
3132	Hundreds of dead fish found in Vancouver Island creek	cbc	2021-06-07	CA
3133	Lake Champlain threatened by new invasive fish	wcax	2022-04-06	CA
3134	‘Devil vessels’: China’s fishing fleet faces claims of pillage and abuse	FT Daily Digest	2022-04-04	UK
3135	Sabah marine police foil diesel smuggling and fish bombing activities	nst	2022-04-07	US
3136	Koi lovers gather in San Jose for 14th annual competition, exhibition	mercury news	2022-04-19	US
3137	Closure of notorious fishing spot near Raglan 'not viable' despite deaths	stuff	2022-04-04	NZ
3138	There are more fish in the “twilight” zone near the Antarctic than we thought	zmescience	2022-04-06	UK
3139	Toothpick attacked by live fish in Japanese restaurant	sproutwired	2022-04-07	JP
3140	Activists push Russia to ban salmon fishing in Amur River amid abysmal returns	seafoodsource	2022-04-08	RU
3141	Congressional delegation secures $220 million for fish passage on the Green River, TPU’s primary drinking water source	thesubtimes	2022-04-02	US
3142	New research and website aggregates more than 150 years of data on sounds made by fish	wgcu	2022-04-04	US
3143	Fighting Over Illegal Fishing Leads to Armed Conflict, Deaths	voanews	2022-04-06	US
3144	Proud to support Ukrainians Find out how we're helping UK's seafood ranking plummets - 'urgent' action needed to 'recover' rava	express	2022-04-06	UK
3145	Scientists Reveal Shocking Levels of Abuse in Global Fishing Sector	cnet	2022-04-06	TH
3146	More than $2 million coming to help restore Cayuga Creek	Spectrum News	2022-03-23	US
3147	Endako River west of Prince George to benefit from B.C.’s $27M watershed stimulus grant	princegeorgecitizen	2021-03-15	CA
3148	'It was unusual,' fisherman says after catching a lamprey on the Current River	Springfield News-Leader	2022-03-27	US
3149	Non-compliant anglers disappoint Fish and Game rangers	stuff	2022-03-28	NZ
3150	Capetonians urged to steer clear of pufferfish washed ashore in Simon's Town	news 24	2022-03-31	ZA

125 of [136 - pages.]