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Canada Shipping Act, 20<strong>01</strong>, SC 20<strong>01</strong>, c 26, s 6(c).<br />
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Pursuant to s.190 of the Canada Shipping Act, the Governor in Council may, on the<br />
recomm<strong>en</strong>dation of the Minister of Transport, make regulations respecting the protection of the marine<br />
<strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>t. This includes the power to make regulations under s.190 (1) (h) “respecting the design,<br />
construction, manufacture and maint<strong>en</strong>ance of vessels or classes of vessels.”<br />
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Section 207(2)(b) of the Canada Shipping Act<br />
Canada Marine Act , (S.C. 1998, c. 10) sections 56 and 58<br />
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Departm<strong>en</strong>t of Fisheries and Oceans. Statem<strong>en</strong>t of Canadian Practice: Mitigation of Seismic<br />
Sound in the Marine Environm<strong>en</strong>t, at: Date Modified: 2<strong>01</strong>0-07-09.<br />
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Maritime Command Order: Marine Mammal Mitigation Procedures (MMMP), MARCORD 46-13,<br />
Volume 3A, date of review April 2008. Provided by Lieut<strong>en</strong>ant Diane Larose from Navy Public Affairs.<br />
xii<br />
Ford J.K.B., A.L. Rambeau, R.M. Abernethy, M.D. Boogaards, L.M. Nichol, and L.D. Spav<strong>en</strong>. 2009.<br />
An Assessm<strong>en</strong>t of the Pot<strong>en</strong>tial for Recovery of Humpback Whales off the Pacific Coast of Canada. DFO<br />
Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2009/<strong>01</strong>5.<br />
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Canadian Environm<strong>en</strong>tal Assessm<strong>en</strong>t Act 2<strong>01</strong>2, S.C.2<strong>01</strong>2, c. 19, s. 52.<br />
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See Ecojustice, Batholiths Backgrounder. A batholith is a large volume of previously molt<strong>en</strong> rock,<br />
which has solidified and through erosion is now visible at the surface. In 2007, sci<strong>en</strong>tists had planned an<br />
expedition using a seismic ship in Douglas, Burke and Dean Channels to learn more about batholiths and<br />
the Coast Mountains. The proposal involved use of an array of 36 airguns that would be fired into the<br />
water every 20-60 seconds. A draft Environm<strong>en</strong>tal Assessm<strong>en</strong>t report (EA) found no significant<br />
<strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>tal impact from the testing. Living Oceans Society contracted an indep<strong>en</strong>d<strong>en</strong>t review of the<br />
draft EA which found that in the immediate vicinity of the array, the sounds are reported to be 235 dB,<br />
can p<strong>en</strong>etrate up to 50 km into the sea floor. The review predicted that whales and dolphins would be at<br />
risk of hearing damage if they were within 1,000-3,500 m of the array, as they would be exposed to 180<br />
dB.<br />
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Canadian Sci<strong>en</strong>ce Advisory Secretariat, Sci<strong>en</strong>ce Response 2<strong>01</strong>2/028 Sci<strong>en</strong>ce response to<br />
information requests submitted to the Enbridge northern gateway project <strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>tal impact<br />
assessm<strong>en</strong>t hearings respecting ship strike risk and acoustic disturbance from shipping to whales.<br />
xvi<br />
Conv<strong>en</strong>tion on Biological Diversity. Sci<strong>en</strong>tific Synthesis on the Impacts of Underwater Noise on<br />
Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Habitats.CBD/CBD/SBSTTA/16/INF/12.Montreal, Canada. 93pp.<br />
2<strong>01</strong>2. At pg 86, Weilgart at 1108<br />
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Species at Risk Act, SC 2002, c 29.<br />
David Suzuki Foundation v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans), 2<strong>01</strong>0 FC 1233 (CanLII).<br />
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