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National
action: CANADA
Environment Canada • Environnement Canada
•
National
Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land-Based Activities.
•
Environmental
Emergencies.
•
Summary
of Spill Events in Canada 1984-1995.
•
Oil,
Water and Chocolate Mousse.
•
Oiled
Bird Rehabilitation Program.
•
EC Atlantic Region: Birds
Oiled at Sea and Marine
Pollution Prevention.
Canadian Coast Guard • Garde côtière
canadienne
•
Environmental
Response.
National
action: UNITED STATES
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA ):
• Office
of Response and Restoration;
• National
Ocean Service
• Damage
Assessment and Restoration Program.
US Coast Guard (USCG):
• National
Response Centre.
• Marine
Safety and Environmental Protection
• Spills
in U.S. Waters, Annual Data and Graphics, 1969-2000.
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
• Oil
Spill Learning Centre.
• Emergencies
(contingency plans, emergency preparedness and response).
US
Department of the Interior, Marine Minerals Service
(MMS): National
program
Chesapeake Bay Programme– Oil Spill and Response
(OSCAR).
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International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action and Global
actors.
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of
the marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP
GPA). ••>
UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE; (including
Canada and the United States).
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans and actors
Paris
Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control.
Consists of 19 participating maritime administrations
(including Canada but not the United States). Covers
the waters of the European coastal states and the North
Atlantic basin from North America to Europe. Aims at
eliminating the operation of sub-standard ships through
a harmonized system of port state control.
Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
U.S. EPA: U.S.
Northeast Coastal Conditions.
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine
areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The
region includes Southeast
US Continental Shelf, Northeast
US Continental Shelf,
Scotian Shelf, and New
Foundland – Labrador Shelf.
Private
sector and NGOs, actors and initiatives
Refinery
Reform Campaign.
Ocean Conservancy: Offshore
oil and gas exploration and development.
American
Petroleum Institute (API).
Bird Studies Canada, Atlantic Region: Cape
Breton Beached Bird Survey.
Oilwatch.
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International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF).
••>
International Directory of Oil Spill Cleanup Contractors
and Response Organisations. ••>
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation
Association (IPIECA). ••>
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