Historical - Marine Pollution Statistics (1994–2006)

Marine Pollution Prosecutions
Atlantic Region
1994–2006 

Maritime Provinces				Newfoundland & Labrador			Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland & Labrador combined
Year	Investi- gations	Number of Prosecutions	Total Fines	Investi- gations	Number of Prosecutions	Total Fines	Investi- gations	Number of Prosecutions	Total Fines
1994	65	14	$131,800	28	7	$85,000	93	21	$216,800
1995	55	10	$73,910	20	3	$16,000	75	13	$89,910
1996	60	5	$35,000	28	4	$12,000	88	9	$47,000
1997	83	7	$44,000	28	5	$38,500	111	12	$82,500
1998	60	7	$63,500	50	4	$55,000	110	11	$118,500
1999	64	14	$88,900	55	4	$63,500	119	18	$152,400
2000	49	11	$136,000	71	8	$60,500	120	19	$196,500
2001	49	10	$170,000	53	4	$56,000	102	14	$226,000
2002	48	4	$262,500	31	3	$65,000	79	7	$327,500
2003	83	2	$110,000	65	0	$0	148	2	$110,000
2004	71	5	$150,900	56	4	$321,000	127	9	$471,900
2005	51	5	$97,000	109	2	$140,000	160	7	$237,000
2006	88	0	$0	80	1	$25,000	168	1	$25,000
Total	852	94	$1,363,510	674	49	$937,500	1526	143	$2,301,010

Highest fines in Canada issued to marine polluters: $170,000.

1. OLGA, May 10, 2004, 20L of an oily substance, 134 km SE of Cape Race, NL.

Other high fines:

1. BALTIC CONFIDENCE, February 25, 2002, 850 L of an oily substance, 85 NM SW of Halifax, NS.

2. CSL ATLAS, November 25, 2002, 92 L of an oily substance, 80 NM South of Halifax, NS.

Both were successfully prosecuted using evidence gathered by aerial surveillance flights.