Although not an Ecological reserve , this video of the annual herring spawn that takes place in the waters between the Qualicum side of Vancouver Island and Denman Island does a great job of showing why we in BC might not want extra oil tankers in our waters. https://vimeo.com/121960894?fb_action_ids=10153160722717497&fb_action_types= This is from the Blog of
Beaubier, J. 2005. Thesis Proposal Summary. Forage fish quality and implications for rhinoceros auklet chick growth. University of British Columbia. Rhinoceros auklets breeding at Triangle Island provision their chicks with 4 main species of forage fish: pacific saury (Cololabis saira), pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus), juvenile rockfish (Sebastes spp.), and juvenile salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), supplemented with a variety of other, less utilized species. The relative composition of each species
