Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Hull Maintenance at Boatyards and Marinas

Welcome to the Pacific and Yukon Region Hull Maintenance BMP website. This website provides links to information resources for:

Environmental best management
practices (BMPs)
Antifouling paints for boat hulls
Pollution prevention

The Fisheries Act
Other information about marinas,
boatyards, and "Green Boating"
practices

This information is applicable to all sectors and to vessels of all sizes that use antifouling paint. The information is useful for boat owners, contractors, and anyone who owns, operates, oversees, or conducts hull maintenance at a boatyard.

Also available for download on this website are the hull maintenance brochures for commercial and recreational boaters and for boatyards.

Paper copies of the brochures are available from Environment Canada.

A boatyard is defined as any facility (i.e., marina, harbour) that offers or allows hull maintenance.

These resources can help you identify environmental practices that can be implemented at your boatyard.

Boaters Brochure

Boatyard Brochure

What's New:

Hull Maintenance Best Management Practices Workshops

(October 17-20, 2006)

These one-day workshops are intended primarily for boatyard and marina operators. However, other interested individuals (e.g. boaters and other wastewater treatment system suppliers) may register and will be contacted if space is available.

Why Attend?

These workshops will be an excellent opportunity to:

Learn and share ideas on how to effectively prevent anti-foulant waste from being released into the aquatic environment.
Hear success stories of how other boatyards and marinas have been able to contain and treat hull washwater.
See examples of wastewater containment and treatment systems.

When and Where?

Vancouver………Tuesday, October 17th, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Royal Vancouver Yacht Club

3811 Point Grey Road, 604-224-1344,

Main Dining Room

Nanaimo............Thursday, October 19th, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Bethlehem Retreat Centre

2371 Arbot Rd., 250-754-3254, The Chapel

Victoria .............Friday, October 20th, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Holiday Inn

3020 Blanshard Street, 250-382-4400,

Main Floor Topaz Room

Preliminary Agenda

Environment Canada’s Boatyard Program
Alternatives to biocidal anti-fouling paint
Examples of waste water containment and treatment systems
Success stories panel session

Interested in attending one of these workshops?

Fill in the registration form (pdf or html) and phone, fax or e-mail the details to the Environment Canada office by October 4, 2006. Space is limited so please register early.