WCMRC & Coast Guard

Oil Spill response exercise Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

Western Canadian Marine Response Corporation and Canadian Coast Guard
are running a full oil spill response exercise.

The purpose of the exercise is to provide an opportunity for response
personnel to demonstrate and practice working together
to respond to a pollution response incident within the Georgia Strait
Regional Response Planning Area
and WCMRC to demonstrate their ability to manage and respond to a spill
of up to 2,500 Tonnes.

There will be a number of vessels from Coast Guard and WCMRC working in
Trincomali Channel, Porlier Pass and around Canoe Islet both days.

Peter Luckham, Chair Trust Council
Trustee, Thetis Island
Islands Trust
#200 1627 Fort Street
Victoria, B.C. V8R 1H8
Home Phone:  (250) 210-2553
Office Fax:      (250) 405-5155
www.islandstrust.bc.ca
Preserving and protecting over 450 islands and surrounding waters in the Salish Sea