Canada:
Applying Indigenous Law In Environmental Prosecutions: Sentencing Hearing In Heiltsuk Nation Leads To $2.7M Fisheries Act Fine
04 May 2020
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
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On August 19, 2019, the British Columbia Provincial Court
released the sentencing
decision in R v Kirby Offshore Marine Operating
LLC. The accused pled guilty to
one
count under the Fisheries Act, s. 36(3), for unlawfully
depositing diesel fuel into waters
in the Seaforth Channel after a tugboat ran aground and sank. The
accused was fined
$2.7 million for the Fisheries Act offence, which is one
of the largest fines for an
environmental offence in Canada.
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