It is really hard to estimate how much we're going to be able to move to the EDF because of this legislation. I talked last time in broad figures about the revenues that have come to the Government of Canada based on Fisheries Act penalties, but many of them are not associated with the EDF. Many of them are licence infractions. It's hard to tell exactly how much.
Our objective is to have sufficient guidance to staff, including our conservation and protection people, that they have the confidence to charge when charges should be laid. That's our objective, and that's what we're seeking to do. So we should be able to charge.
You're absolutely right in terms of the minimum penalties, that they have increased, as have the maximum. The minimum penalty now is $5,000 for an individual, $25,000 for a large corporation. The maximum is $1 million for an individual, $6 million for a large corporation. Under the previous regime, there was no minimum, and there was a maximum overall of $300,000.
So the potential is greater. As to how much, it very much depends on who's breaking the rules out there and how much success we have in the courts in terms of successfully prosecuting that. What I can say is that the Environmental Damages Fund has had about $4.5 million go through it since its inception in 1995. It's not an enormous amount, but it is substantial.
So it's about making sure that funds go to the right place, whatever those funds are.