On a rainy December day, divers braved the currents of the Burrard Inlet to plant thousands of microscopic bull kelp onto a new underwater rock reef. WATCH | A new rock reef is coming to Lynn Creek: Massive underwater rock reef built to protect salmon at North Vancouver's Lynn Creek | Duration 2:03 For various predators, the mouth of Lynn Creek in North Vancouver can be a salmon smorgasbord. As Troy Charles explains, a major underwater rock reef is being created to give the fish a fighting chance. Rebecca Hansen, kelp restoration dive technician at the University of B.C., says five or six full-grown bull kelp would help to form a new lush kelp forest at the Lynn Creek Estuary in North Vancouver. “We want to see these bull kelp start their own self-driven forest, and we can just come back and admire the work.”

Source: CBC News December 22, 2025 11:11 UTC