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Sea Turtle Links
Below is a list of Web links that provide more information about sea turtles, response information for warm water resources, as well as the spill incidents referenced in the OR&R publication, Oil and Sea Turtles.
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- Turtles A collection of links to various NOAA web sites, providing information about sea turtles and their protection and conservation. [leaves OR&R site]
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- 1994 Barge Morris J. Berman On January 7, 1994, the barge Morris J. Berman went aground in the surf zone off Escambron Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [leaves OR&R site]
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- 2000 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Mystery Spill At approximately 1000, 8 August 2000, NOAA was notified of a mystery oil spill washing up on the beaches from North Miami, FL near the vicinity of Golden Beach to Pompano, FL. [leaves OR&R site]
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- 1968 Oil Tanker SS Witwater On December 13, 1968, the oil tanker Witwater broke up in heavy seas off the Atlantic coast of Panama. [leaves OR&R site]
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- 1979 Ixtoc I Well Blowout On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. [leaves OR&R site]
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- 1983 Nowruz Oil Spill In 1983, the Nowruz Oil Field in the Persian Gulf, Iran, was involved in a number of oil pollution incidents. [leaves OR&R site]
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- 1984 Oil Tanker Alvenus On July 30, 1984 at 1236 the U.K. Tank Vessel Alvenus grounded in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel 11 miles southeast of Cameron, Louisiana. [leaves OR&R site]
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- 1991 Barge Vista Bella On March 6, 1991, the Vista Bella sank in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 12 miles northeast of Nevis Island (British). [leaves OR&R site]
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- 1993 Barge Bouchard B155 On August 10, 1993, at approximately 0545, the freighter Balsa 37, the barge Ocean 255, and the barge Bouchard 155 collided in the shipping channel west of the Skyway Sunshine Bridge south of Mullet Key in Tampa Bay, FL. [leaves OR&R site]
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- NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program supports effective management and sound science to preserve, sustain and restore valuable coral reef ecosystems. [leaves OR&R site]
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- Oil and Hazardous Materials Response Reports Summaries of oil and chemical spill responses in which we participated between September 1992 and September 1999. To read about the barge Bouchard 155 spill response, choose 1993 Response Reports. To read about the Morris J. Berman response, choose 1994 Response Reports.
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- Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Maps Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps are spill response tools that portray shoreline characteristics, natural resources, and human-use resources for an area. Turtles are a major feature of the ESI maps for Florida.
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