Marine Pollution

• Feds issue just 2 fines in 4 years for abandoned boats. Critics say it’s not enough

  In the four years since the federal government enacted laws targeting abandoned vessels, just two fines have been issued. Critics are pressing for more urgent action.

  Environment

  Jul 14, 2023
  
• ‘Slow-moving disaster’: Group wants urgent action on cargo spills in B.C.

  A group that's been cleaning up debris from a cargo ship that lost 109 containers off the B.C. coast says the incident should be a wake-up call to the need for more urgent action.

  Environment

  Mar 6, 2022
  
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• Feds to remove derelict vessel from Fraser River amid ‘imminent risks of pollution’

  The 'MV Spudnik' made headlines in 2014 when it broke free from its moorings and drifted into Howe Sound with 6,500 litres of oil and fuel aboard.

  Jan 6, 2020