Newly proposed restrictions would be mandatory only up to 12 nautical miles from shore, leaving large swaths of MPAs exposed to ship waste if operators didn’t voluntarily comply
Proposed new protection standards for federal marine protected areas won’t do enough to shield those sites from ship waste, including sewage and waste water from fuel scrubbers, an environmental group maintains.
“What we are encouraging Canada to do is explore some of the options for introducing mandatory restrictions outside of 12 nautical miles. And there are a few levers that we think Canada can pull.” MPAs are legally protected ocean sites intended to protect marine life such as fish, whales and seabirds as well as ocean features like underwater mountains and hydrothermal vents. Canada and other countries are using MPAs to pursue the “30-by-30″ target, which calls for protecting 30 per cent of the planet by 2030.
WWF Canada would like to see the federal government look at ways to extend its reach past the 12-nautical-mile zone further into its exclusive economic zone , which extends from the territorial sea limit to a maximum of 200 nautical miles.
Voluntary compliance on marine issues related to MPAs “usually doesn’t work,” said Rashid Sumaila, a fisheries economist at the University of British Columbia who has studied conservation in international waters.
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