Study: Nonnative Species Carried in Lakers' Ballast Water
. Our priority is our ongoing commitment to protect the Great Lakes.”“The Chamber of Marine Commerce and its members are pleased to have supported this important research and we continue to work with government and scientists to find practical options to manage ballast water,” said Bruce Burrows, president of the Chamber of Marine Commerce. “Canadian shipowners have invested $1.5 million in a Ballast Water Research and Technology Fund to expand research and find technical solutions that are both operationally and economically feasible for the Canadian domestic fleets that operate
Chamber of Marine Commerce Statement on Right Whale Necropsy Results
of trauma and entanglement coincide with high level of fisheries and maritime traffic in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. At a press conference today, the pathologists said the necropsies could not determine what kind of vessel may have been involved, the size or speed it would have been travelling. Bruce Burrows, President of the Chamber of Marine Commerce, said: “The necropsy results have indicated that there are many potential factors contributing to the troubling deaths of right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and that more scientific research is required. We welcome Minister Leblanc&rsquo
February 2025
