Chedabucto Bay 1992 Shoreline Oil Conditions Survey: Long-Term Fate of Bunker C Oil from the ARROW Spill in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

摘要

The report presents a description of the activities related to and a summary of the information generated by a field survey carried out in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, for Environment Canada from June to September 1992. The objective of the survey was to locate and document any residual oil on the shores of Chedabucto Bay. The grounding of the tanker Arrow in February 1970 resulted in the release of more than 11 million liters of Bunker C fuel oil. This oil was stranded over an estimated 305 km of shoreline in the Chedabucto Bay area.