FOLLOW-UP FIELD SURVEY OF THE OIL POLLUTION FROM THE TANKER METULA

The team found that over 128 kilometers or 80 miles of beach have evidence of METULA oil impact. It is the author's judgement that a majority of the oil which came ashore in August and September is still ashore. This would amount to some 20,000 tons of oil. This oil will continue to erode, leach into the water or be flushed from the estuaries and will be a chronic source of pollution for a long time to come. There appears to be substantial biological impact of the intertidal marine life, but the effect on other marine organisms is hard to determine. The oil spill is still having a detrimental effect on marine waterfowl and will continue to do so as long as unstabilized oil or mousse is located at the top of the beach zone and in estuarine areas and as long as contaminated mussels are used as a food source.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated Dec 74, AD-A003 805.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Research Foundation

  College Station, TX  United States  77843
• Authors:
  • Hann Jr, R W
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 59 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Monitoring; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill behavior; Oil spill monitoring
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130511
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-D-166-75 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-42444-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM