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The experimental oil spill was to be conducted by the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada offshore Eastern Canada in March 2007. The
Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) was committed to supplying an ice breaker and
helicopter as support vessels for one week as services in kind to the
project. There was a storm off Canada that blew in the pack ice and trapped
over 200 fishing vessels and between 400-500 fishermen. All available CCG
ships and helicopters were mobilized to assist the fisherman. No lives were
lost however the fishing vessels were trapped for over a month. Since the project did not receive the promised vessels from the CCG, the
oil in ice experiment did not take place. The earliest that the oil in ice
experiment can be rescheduled in January 2008, however we do not have a date
locked in yet. The date of the experiment will be based on the availability
of CCG vessel support. The earliest that the oil in ice experiment can be
rescheduled in January 2008, however we do not have a date locked in yet.
The date of the experiment will be based on the availability of CCG vessel
support. DFO-Canada is working with the CCG to establish a window of
opportunity to conduct the experiments in early 2008. The experimental oil
spill was conducted on a very small scale offshore eastern Canada in January
2008 without MMS involvement. This project has been cancelled. |
