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News Release: Clear Seas launch
Independent research centre, Clear Seas, launched to examine the safety of national marine shipping.
Independent research centre, Clear Seas, launched to examine the safety of national marine shipping.
Clear Seas is undertaking a project to evaluate the potential contribution of different technologies to reduce the overall environmental impacts of marine shipping.
A narrow majority of Canadians support expanded oil tanker traffic in Bay of Fundy and along BC south coast. Their top concerns about shipping safety are potential oil spills, fuel spills and endangering marine life.
After participating in the recent 2019 Union of BC Municipalities annual convention, it was clear that while many of these municipal leaders deal mainly with the “land-based” concerns of citizens, marine shipping and our coastal waterways have an equally important impact on all of their communities.
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15), to be held in Montreal (December 7-19, 2022) is highly relevant to marine shipping and the work underway to reduce the impact of ship traffic on ocean and coastal ecosystems.
Not all marine shipping risks can be prevented, but we can learn from incidents like the Marathassa to keep our shipping lanes both safe and open for business.
Canada is hosting the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5). Here’s why this event is important.