translate English to French: Since the diversion channel would be 2.25 times longer than the natural connecting streams which contain fish, BHP concluded that this would offset the loss of stream habitats.
La politique du ministère des Pêches et Océans sur la gestion de l’habitat du poisson (1986) a établi le principe «d’aucune perte nette» de la capacité productrice des habitats du poisson.