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New aerial surveillance equipment now operating over Eastern Canada.

July 31, 2006 - $25,000 fine for marine polluter

Public Consultations on Risk Assessment Study - South Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador

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July 31, 2006 - $25,000 fine for marine polluter

October 24, 2005 - $70,000 Fine for Marine Polluter

August 26, 2005 - $70,000 Fine for Marine Polluter

May 27, 2005 - Study of Risks of Accidental Oil Spills in Canadian Waters Announced

February 14, 2005 - Precedent Set As Marine Polluter Ordered to Pay Substantial Penalty

December 17, 2004 - New Equipment to Detect Ship Pollution

May 13, 2004 - Repeat Marine Polluter Issued Record Fine

April 6, 2004 - Marine Polluter Fined $113,000

June 23, 2003 - Transport Minister Collenette reports $100,000 penalty for marine polluter

November 25, 2002 - Transport Minister Announces Another Record Penalty for Prosecution of Marine Polluter - CSL Atlas

September 17, 2002 - Prevention of Oiled Wildlife Committee Releases Final Report "The Solution"

June 11, 2002 - Transport Canada Detains 92 Foreign Vessels under Port State Control in 2001

May 27, 2002 - Transport Minister Announces Expert Panel and Review of the Canada Marine Act at 2002 National Marine Conference

April 12, 2002 - Transport Minister Collenette Announces Successful Prosecution of Marine Polluter - Scarab

February 25, 2002 - Transport Minister Collenette Announces Record Penalty for Prosecution of Marine Polluter - Baltic Confidence

February 25, 2002 - Transport Minister Releases Results of Enforcement Activities Against Marine Polluters for the Year 2001

August 16, 2001 - More Than Half of all Foreign Vessels Inspected in 2000 Under Port State Control Ship Inspection Program were Deficient

April 23, 2001 - Transport Minister Collenette Announces Successful Prosecution of Marine Polluter - Sandviken

March 21, 2001 - Government of Canada Announces Successful Prosecution of Marine Oil Polluter - Donau Ore

March 1, 2001 - Transport Minister Introduces Modernized Canada Shipping Act Respecting Shipping and Navigation and Amending the Shipping Conferences Exemption Act, 1987

September 28, 2000 - Transport Minister Releases Second Quarter Results of Enforcement Activities Against Marine Polluters Including Precedent-setting Case

June 8, 2000 - Transport Minister Introduces Modernized Canada Shipping Act

April 27, 2000 - Transport Minister Collenette Releases Results of Enforcement Activities Against Marine Polluters

March 3, 2000 - Transport Minister Announces Introduction of Marine Liability Act

January 12, 2000 - Transport Minister Collenette Announces Successful Prosecution of Marine Polluter - Nordholt

April 7, 1999 - Transport Minister Collenette Announces Successful Prosecution of Marine Polluter - Hogifossur

February 5, 1999 -Fourth Quarter Report on Foreign Vessels Detained Under Port State Control Ship Inspection Program

Backgrounders and Information Sheets

Preventing Marine Pollution by Educating the Marine Industry

Transport Canada's Role in Oil Spill Preparedness and Response

Prosecuting Marine Polluters

Jurisprudence Considerations Affecting the Prosecution of Marine Polluters under the Canada Shipping Act

The National Aerial Surveillance Program

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