Alberta Environmental Consulting Services

Poseidon’s Aquatic Biologists can help determine which streams are fish bearing near your work and develop a plan to mitigate any risks to those fish and their habitat.

Fish habitat characteristics vary by region. Fish expected in the foothills such as Bull Trout and Athabasca Rainbow Trout occupy fast-flowing, cold, high-gradient streams. These defined channels often have rocky substrates and pools and riffles.

In the boreal, watercourses are warmer and have slower flows due to lower gradients which leads to less channel definition and often silty channel beds. There is a higher species diversity in these watercourses, and expected fish like Suckers, Pike and many minnows often turn up in unexpected places.

Our experienced QAES specialists can assist with your next project, minimizing impacts and risks during work around water. Our clients projects are well planned, executed, and compliant with all regulations.

Poseidon provides on-site construction services, which includes fish salvages, isolations, turbidity monitoring and general guidance. The goal is to minimize impacts and risks during work around water. Poseidon Biologists use salvage methods such as fish herding, electrofishing and processing, and net installation to ensure aquatic species are safe from the work zone.

Poseidon’s team conducts stream crossing inspections in accordance with FSCP protocol.

Poseidon’s Biologists can perform bird sweeps and wildlife sweeps depending on client need for pre-harvest and pre-disturbance projects.

Sedimentation occurs with disturbances to a watercourse and poses a risk to aquatic species. Poseidon Biologists can provide on-site monitoring of watercourses during industry projects to ensure compliance with Best Management Practices. This consists of incrementally testing water for the duration of the works.

Poseidon senior staff has the working knowledge and practice of handling required Government and regulatory permits.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is sampled by having water samples analyzed for species specific genomic assays. Filtered water samples are then sent to a lab for analysis of eDNA of either a focal species or community composition. PEL has the experience and capabilities to collect these samples and filter them in house before sending to a reputable lab for analysis.