We have outlined our priorities for restoration and long-term monitoring, as well as concerns regarding potential impacts of some large-scale restoration projects on marine mammals, in letters (see letters section below) to the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees and the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. The Commission works with scientists and managers across the Gulf to refine and promote recovery and restoration strategies for marine mammals. In comparison, the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled approximately 257,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of crude oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1989. Eleven of the 126 workers on the rig were killed and, over the following 87 days, an estimated 3.19 million barrels (~134 million gallons) of oil spilled into the Gulf ( 4.0 million barrels minus 810,000 barrels of collected oil). This was the largest oil spill ever reported in U.S. On April 20, 2010, BP’s mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, and subsequently sank in the Gulf of Mexico 52 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon’s 126 person crew (U.S. Provisions for Managing Fisheries Interactionsĭeepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico The Deepwater Horizon Explosionįire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. Marine Mammal Commission: An Independent Agency of the U.S.
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