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1 PPENDIX Reference Sites Mapleguard Point Goose Spit Fillongley Park quaculture Sites Deep ay Ship Point South ase Flats North ase Flats North of uckley ay South Metcalfe ay Metcalfe ay Denman Point Henry ay Opportunity Sites Gartley Point omox Harbour

2 Location: Mapleguard Point, Deep ay Wave Exposure: protected spect: M ackshore: park (grasses) with light beacon, residential beach face. sand with logs dune grass (Elymus mollis) beach face. sand with some shell (fragments)/small pebble (<%) T T higher high water mark (from HS hart #) T T T Feb, Feb, ppendix Figure. Reference Site Mapleguard Point

3 T a T b Location: Goose Spit, omox Wave Exposure: semi-exposed spect: M ackshore: road transects Goose Spit and terminates on DND property at west end /omments beach berm. sand with logs dune grass (Elymus mollis) beach face 8. cobble/pebble over sand with logs beach face. cobble/pebble over sand D beach terrace. sand with small pebble (%) Ta/Tb E tidal flat. cobble/pebble over sand barnacle scars on cobble F tidal flat. sand *calculated from band elevation/width measurements higher high water mark (from HS hart #) D Ta Tb E F T b T a Tb Feb, Feb, ppendix Figure. Reference Site Goose Spit

4 Location: Fillongley Park, East Denman Island Wave Exposure: semi-exposed spect: M ackshore: forested park, picnic area, residential with vertical wooden seawalls--% modified T beach berm.8 sand with logs dune grass (Elymus mollis) beach face. sand with logs beach face. coarse sand with some small T pebble D beach face.9 pebble/cobble(%) over sand Oysters (rassostrea E tidal flat. pebble/cobble (%) over sand, some boulder gigas) arnacles (alanus sp.), oysters (rassostrea gigas) and snails (Littorina sp.) are common on rock higher high water mark (from HS hart #) T D E T Jan, ppendix Figure. Reference Site Fillongley Point

5 Location: Deep ay Wave Exposure: semi-protected spect: 8 M ackshore: forested Intertidal Shading: 9m overhang by Douglas Fir and edar trees T beach inclined. small pebble/shell hash Patches of dune grass (Elymus mollis),dense leaf litter beach face. small pebble over sand T T tidal flat.8 sand/mud with some cobble (%)/shell (fragments) sparse oysters (rassostrea gigas), barnacles (alanus sp.) on cobble, moderate foliose green algae (Ulva sp.),t Note: Predator s shown in the air photos (June, ) January, beach spawner survey. azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. T Predator Net T T T Nov, Nov, ppendix Figure. quaculture Site Deep ay

6 Location: Ship Point, Fanny ay Wave Exposure: semi-protected spect: M ackshore: low profile concrete seawall, residential, forest (% developed, % forest) Intertidal Shading: <m by Douglas Fir and edar trees T T beach berm cobble over shell (fragments)/sand with logs sparse dune grass m south beach face 8.9 coarse sand /pebble (flat)/shell T (fragments) beach inclined. pebble over sand/shell (fragments) drift algae (foliose red algae, Fucus, bladed kelp), T Note: Predator s shown in the air photos (June, ) January, beach spawner survey. azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. T T Predator Net T T T T Feb, Nov, ppendix Figure. quaculture Site Ship Point

7 T Location: South ase Flats Wave Exposure: protected spect: M ackshore: Extensive marsh in upper intertidal zone with fenced pastureland, Tsable River delta delta. coarse sand/small pebble and shell hash and just below pickleweed (Salicornia) bank, T delta. sand/mud/small pebble and shell hash barnacles (alanus sp.) delta. coarse sand/small pebble and shell fragments) T *calculated from band elevation/width measurements azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. Note: Predator s may not be in the same position in Jan (survey date) as in June (air photo) when air photo was taken. T T T Predator Net T T Feb, T Feb, ppendix Figure. T Feb, quaculture Site South ase Flats

8 Location: North ase Flats Wave Exposure: semi-protected spect: M ackshore: Extensive marsh in upper intertidal zone with fenced pastureland, Tsable River delta T delta. sand /mud/shell (fragments) and small pebble band just below extensive marsh area,t delta.9 sand /mud/shell (fragments) and small pebble oyster, manila clam, T T T T Predator Net 8 9 azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. Note: Predator s shown in the air photos (June, ) January, beach spawner survey. T T T T Feb, Feb, Feb, ppendix Figure. quaculture Site North ase Flats

9 Location: North of uckley ay Wave Exposure: semi-protected spect: M ackshore: Narrow forest (with small park-joe Walker ommunity Park), highway Intertidal Shading: <m from shrubs (snowberry/rose) and Douglas Fir trees beach inclined. pebble/cobble/boulder dune grass (Elymus mollis) Ta Tb beach inclined. pebble/cobble/boulder with shell (hash and fragments) tidal flat. pebble/shell hash with some boulder/cobble *calculated from band elevation/width measurements sparse rockweed (Fucus sp.) and foliose red algae (Mastocarpus sp.), barnacles (alanus sp.) and snails (Littorina sp.) on boulder, Ta Oysters (rassostrea gigas), Tb Note: Predator s shown in the air photos (June, ) January, beach spawner survey. azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. Ta Predator Net Tb Ta Feb, Feb, Feb, ppendix Figure.8 quaculture Site uckley ay

10 Location: Denman Point, West Denman Island Wave Exposure: semi-protected spect: M ackshore: fenced farmland, shell slope with low shrubs T T beach berm. shell with logs dune grass (Elymus mollis) beach face 8. coarse shell hash (with fragments)/small T pebble/coarse sand tidal flat. small pebble/shell hash over sand/mud T azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. T T Predator Net Note: Predator s shown in the air photos (June, ) January, beach spawner survey. Jan, Jan, ppendix Figure.9 quaculture Site Denman Point

11 Location: Metcalfe ay, SW Denman Island Wave Exposure: semi-protected spect: M ackshore: residential (lawn,shrubs), wood breakwater, forested north of site T T beach berm 8. coarse shell fragments/small pebble with some logs beach face 8.8 small pebble/coarse sand/shell T hash beach face. small pebble over shell hash, some cobble D beach face. sand/mud with shell (hash/fragments) dense drift algae, foliose green algae (Ulva sp.), foliose red algae barnacles (alanus sp.) on cobble, some oyster (rassostrea gigas), T Note: Predator s shown in the air photos (June, ) January, beach spawner survey. azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. T T D Predator Net Jan, Jan, ppendix Figure. quaculture Site Metcalfe ay

12 Location: South Metcalfe ay, SW Denman Island Wave Exposure: semi-protected spect: M ackshore: primarily forested (edar, rbutus, Douglas fir, low shrubs), some residential south/north of site Intertidal Shading: -m from vegetation listed above T T beach berm. shell fragments/pebble with logs dune grass beach face 8. coarse sand/shell hash/small pebble T beach face. pebble over sand/shell hash drift foliose red algae,t D beach terrace. sand/mud with shell fragments/some pebble(%) Note: Predator s shown in the air photos (June, ) January, beach spawner survey. azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. T T D Predator Net T T T Nov, T Nov, Nov, ppendix Figure. quaculture Site South Metcalfe ay

13 Location: Henry ay, NW Denman Island Wave Exposure: semi-protected spect: M ackshore: residential with wooden seawall, rock- covered embankment, lawn with some forest (edar, Douglas Fir, snowberry), % modified. Intertidal Shading: <m by trees/shrubs T T beach berm. sand/shell with logs dune grass (Elymus mollis) beach face. small pebble/sand/shell hash beach face. shell/pebble over coarse sand T D beach terrace. small pebble/shell (hash and whole) over sand/mud few oysters (rassostrea gigas),t Note: Predator s shown in the air photos (June, ) January, beach spawner survey. azett Land Surveying LTD. June -, flown at height of ft. T D T Predator Net T T Nov, ppendix Figure. quaculture Site Henry ay

14 Location: Gartley Point, Royston Wave Exposure: semi-exposed ackshore: residential with lawn spect: M T T beach berm. pebble/shell hash with logs dune grass (Elymus mollis) beach face 8. pebble/coarse sand with shell T hash, some cobble tidal flat. fine sand T D tidal flat. pebble/cobble/boulder over sand barnacles (alanus sp.), snails (Littorina sp.), sparse filamentous red algae and rockweed (Fucus sp.) *calculated from band elevation/width measurements higher high water mark (from HS hart #) T T D T T T T Feb, Nov, ppendix Figure. Opportunity Site Gartley Point

15 higher high water mark (from HS hart #) T Location: omox Harbour (Royston Pier) Wave Exposure: semi-exposed spect: M ackshore: gravel parking lot in immediate backshore and road beach berm.9 sand/shell hash/pebble with dense dune grass (Elymus mollis) logs beach face. pebble/cobble/sand dense dune grass, saltgrass (Distichlis spicata), pickleweed (Salicornia sp.) tidal flat.9 pebble/cobble over barnacles (alanus sp.), T sand/mud/shell D tidal flat. mud/sand with small pebble barnacles (alanus sp.), snails (Littorina sp.), foliose red algae Gigartina sp.) *calculated from band elevation/width measurements T D 8 9 T Nov, ppendix Figure. Opportunity Site omox Harbour

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