Canada | After oil company voluntarily gives up drilling rights, huge MPA declared off West Coast

The Canadian affiliate of one of the world's largest oil companies, Royal Dutch Shell, is releasing 50,000 square kilometres of offshore exploration permits off the coast of British Columbia and promoting conservation.

Shell Canada president Michael Crothers made the announcement in Vancouver on Thursday alongside Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, who said the area would become part of the new Scott Islands marine National Wildlife Area.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/09/13/news/shell-relinquishes-exploration-rights-create-massive-west-coast-marine-protected