- Email: [email protected]
Action review for Gulf of Guinea
Marine Pollution Bulletin
The manufacturer, Oil Recovery International (ORI), has supplied Warren Springs with a 76 cm diameter mop, and the machinery for wringing it out, for sea trials which are expected to start this month. The laboratories Oil Pollution Unit is also to test a similar mop made by the US company Oil Mop Incorporated. It is thought that the system under test should be able to extract up to 170 tonnes of oil per hour using a 2000 metre rope.
One fact that emerged from a recent UNEP/FAO global marine mammal project is that two thirds of the world's estimated 30 million seals are in the southern hemisphere and that all populations of seals have been affected by man. It indicated that of the three monk seals, the Caribbean Monk seal is almost certainly extinct, while the Hawaiian and Mediterranean Monk seals are now rare.
Thermal Oil Slick Pictures Low cost equipment designed by Dr Duncan Telfer at the University of Lancaster used in conjunction with data collected by satellite could provide a speedy and effective method of monitoring oil spills. The apparatus which can be produced for less than £500 converts thermal images into 8-colour pictures from grey shaded maps showing infra red measurements taken by satellite. Test runs with similar heat maps indicate the possibility of detecting the approximate 1°C temperature difference between water covered by oil and colder surrounding water.
Action Review for Gulf of Guinea An international workshop on marine pollution in the Gulf of Guinea held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, was convened by the IOC, FAO, WHO and UNEP, to review the major problems pertaining in the region and to recommend activities needed for a better understanding of these problems and for the protection of human health against marine pollution. Countries of the Gulf of Guinea area-Senegal, Mauritania, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire and A n g o l a - h a v e been asked to identify projects which could be included in a Regional Plan of Action. The West Africa region has been recognized by the Governing Council of UNEP as a 'concentration area' in which UNEP and other relevant UN bodies will attempt to fulfil a catalytic role in helping the developing states of the region to formulate and implement a commonly agreed Action Plan.
Action Plan to Save Monk Seals Pollution, hunting and intensive fishing methods are all contributing to the demise of Monk seals. The outcome of a recent conference held at Rhodes, Greece, and co-sponsored by UNEP, the Greek Government, IUCN and the University of Guelph, Canada, was a 5 year action plan with recommendations on the conservation and management of the Monk seal and other fauna inhabiting the same areas. 256
Round-the-World News United States A study by the National Academy of Sciences claims that of the estimated six million tons of petroleum hydrocarbons discharged into the seas each year only 35°70 comes from ships. An estimated 41070 of oil pollution results from land runoff, 1007o from natural crude oil and gas seepage from geological faults in ocean beds and another 10070 from atmospheric fallout.
USSR The Soviet Union is sending expeditions into the Pacific in a bid to locate new deep-sea fishing grounds and new species which can be commercially fished. Organized by the Dalryba fishing organization the expeditions form part of the Soviet fishing industry's effort to compensate for the loss of traditional fishing areas following the declaration of 200 mile territorial fishing zones by many countries.
Scotland A meeting.of the Fisheries and Offshore Oil Consultative Group in Aberdeen heard recently that since 1974 oil companies received a total of 367 claims for damage to fishing gear and resulting hardship by oil-related debris. Settlements totalling £69000 had been paid in 154 cases by oil companies and 121 cases involving £47 000 were settled by the UK Offshore Operators' Association Fund Management Committee.
Colombia United Nations experts have estimated that the country's Cartegena Bay area will take more than 20 years to recover from pollution caused by mercury exhaust emitted from a local factory. Fishing at the Bay has been banned and the plant responsible will not be reopened until mercury exhaust safeguards are guaranteed.
Apology The Publisher regrets that in the news items "Heavy Metal Contamination of the Gulf of St. Lawrence" a n d " Manual
The manufacturer, Oil Recovery International (ORI), has supplied Warren Springs with a 76 cm diameter mop, and the machinery for wringing it out, for sea trials which are expected to start this month. The laboratories Oil Pollution Unit is also to test a similar mop made by the US company Oil Mop Incorporated. It is thought that the system under test should be able to extract up to 170 tonnes of oil per hour using a 2000 metre rope.
One fact that emerged from a recent UNEP/FAO global marine mammal project is that two thirds of the world's estimated 30 million seals are in the southern hemisphere and that all populations of seals have been affected by man. It indicated that of the three monk seals, the Caribbean Monk seal is almost certainly extinct, while the Hawaiian and Mediterranean Monk seals are now rare.
Thermal Oil Slick Pictures Low cost equipment designed by Dr Duncan Telfer at the University of Lancaster used in conjunction with data collected by satellite could provide a speedy and effective method of monitoring oil spills. The apparatus which can be produced for less than £500 converts thermal images into 8-colour pictures from grey shaded maps showing infra red measurements taken by satellite. Test runs with similar heat maps indicate the possibility of detecting the approximate 1°C temperature difference between water covered by oil and colder surrounding water.
Action Review for Gulf of Guinea An international workshop on marine pollution in the Gulf of Guinea held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, was convened by the IOC, FAO, WHO and UNEP, to review the major problems pertaining in the region and to recommend activities needed for a better understanding of these problems and for the protection of human health against marine pollution. Countries of the Gulf of Guinea area-Senegal, Mauritania, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire and A n g o l a - h a v e been asked to identify projects which could be included in a Regional Plan of Action. The West Africa region has been recognized by the Governing Council of UNEP as a 'concentration area' in which UNEP and other relevant UN bodies will attempt to fulfil a catalytic role in helping the developing states of the region to formulate and implement a commonly agreed Action Plan.
Action Plan to Save Monk Seals Pollution, hunting and intensive fishing methods are all contributing to the demise of Monk seals. The outcome of a recent conference held at Rhodes, Greece, and co-sponsored by UNEP, the Greek Government, IUCN and the University of Guelph, Canada, was a 5 year action plan with recommendations on the conservation and management of the Monk seal and other fauna inhabiting the same areas. 256
Round-the-World News United States A study by the National Academy of Sciences claims that of the estimated six million tons of petroleum hydrocarbons discharged into the seas each year only 35°70 comes from ships. An estimated 41070 of oil pollution results from land runoff, 1007o from natural crude oil and gas seepage from geological faults in ocean beds and another 10070 from atmospheric fallout.
USSR The Soviet Union is sending expeditions into the Pacific in a bid to locate new deep-sea fishing grounds and new species which can be commercially fished. Organized by the Dalryba fishing organization the expeditions form part of the Soviet fishing industry's effort to compensate for the loss of traditional fishing areas following the declaration of 200 mile territorial fishing zones by many countries.
Scotland A meeting.of the Fisheries and Offshore Oil Consultative Group in Aberdeen heard recently that since 1974 oil companies received a total of 367 claims for damage to fishing gear and resulting hardship by oil-related debris. Settlements totalling £69000 had been paid in 154 cases by oil companies and 121 cases involving £47 000 were settled by the UK Offshore Operators' Association Fund Management Committee.
Colombia United Nations experts have estimated that the country's Cartegena Bay area will take more than 20 years to recover from pollution caused by mercury exhaust emitted from a local factory. Fishing at the Bay has been banned and the plant responsible will not be reopened until mercury exhaust safeguards are guaranteed.
Apology The Publisher regrets that in the news items "Heavy Metal Contamination of the Gulf of St. Lawrence" a n d " Manual