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Established in 2000, East Coast Aquatics Inc. has provided environmental services across Nova Scotia reaching from Yarmouth to Sydney and across Atlantic Canada. Our staff have a diversity of skill sets and backgrounds allowing us to cover a multitude of environmental projects on the land and in the water. We also have a number of local professional associates that we draw on to ensure we address our clients' needs.

Mike founded East Coast Aquatics in 2000, returning to his hometown of Bridgetown after spending time in British Columbia working for the British Columbia Ministry of Environment restoring salmonid stream habitat across the Cariboo/Chilcotin/Central Coast of British Columbia. He has 25 years of experience specializing in environmental effects monitoring, with emphasis on aquatic habitats and organisms, and the design and restoration of streams and wetland habitats.

Mike's professional certifications and academic credentials include...

BSc. Biology - Dalhousie University
BComm. Management - Dalhousie University
Advanced Wetland Delineation for NS
Certified Crew Supervisor Backpack Electrofishing

Andy Sharpe - Andy@eastcoastaquatics.ca

Having worked in government as well the private and non-governmental sectors, Andy brings to ECA a breadth of experience in developing solutions to complex environmental challenges. Andy has two and a half decades of hands-on environmental science experience spanning Canada, the United Kingdom and Malawi. He provides a broad suite of aquatic and terrestrial science field skills, together with strong office-based analysis services.

Andy's professional certifications and credentials include...

MEDes. Master of Environmental Design- University of Calgary
BSc.H Chemistry - University of New Brunswick
EP (Environmental Professional) - issued by ECO Canada
CEnv (Chartered Environmentalist) - issued by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment in the UK
Watercourse Alteration Sizer/Installer Certification for NS

Sharon Parker - Sharon@eastcoastaquatics.ca

Sharon joined the team at East Coast Aquatics in 2015. Sharon coordinates office activities and operations to ensure smooth running of our ECA office. She is also an outdoors enthusiast and provides ECA with assistance during field studies outside of the office.

Sharon's professional credentials include...

BSc. Human Ecology - Mount Saint Vincent University

Stephanie White - Stephanie@eastcoastaquatics.ca

The latest addition to the team as our environmental consultant, Stephanie recently completed her MSc. at Acadia University focusing her research on the impact of highway development on wildlife and the efficiency of wildlife passageways installed in Nova Scotia. Through her graduate degree and environmental contract work, she has extensive experience in terrestrial and aquatic systems, conducting countless surveys on waterfowl, mammals, herptofauna, fish, soils, and vegetation.

Stephanie's professional certifications and credentials include...

MSc. Biology - Acadia University
BSc.H Biology and Environmental Science - Acadia University
EPt (Environmental Professional in training) - issued by ECO Canada

Angus MacDonald

Angus has 20 years of heavy equipment operation experience. He joined ECA in 2015 to aid

in the restoration of stream and wetland habitat using the company's excavators. Angus'

professional credentials include CSTS and OSSA certified; heavy equipment operation and

preventative maintenance certified; electric overhead crane certified; Fall Protection and Arrest

training; and fork lift certified.