The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources will undertake further environmental and archaeological studies related to Pender Harbour before finalizing the draft dock management plan.
It is anticipated the studies, which were recommended by a consultant, may take up to a year to complete.
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations retained a consultants services to conduct a review of the plan and make recommendations.
The final report, released Friday contains 13 recommendations on which the ministry will act.
Recommendations include docks that are derelict, untenured and not in compliance with the dock management plan should be removed and the ministry should extend, right away, existing Pender Harbour dock tenures for up to two years, while the further studies are undertaken.
The full release is at https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016FLNR0010-000205
