Environment

Canada upholds drilling ban on Georges Bank — news awaited on US decision

Moratorium on E&P activities on important marine ecosystem has been in place since 1988

Canada ban: a fisherman carries cod caught by a trawler off the coast of New Hampshire, US, which shares control of the shallow-water Georges Bank with Canada
Canada ban: a fisherman carries cod caught by a trawler off the coast of New Hampshire, US, which shares control of the shallow-water Georges Bank with CanadaPhoto: AP/SCANPIX
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Published 27 April 2022, 17:01Updated 28 April 2022, 14:48