Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "oil pollution"

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    • 400,000 liters of oil still leaking from Empress 

      Ramirez, Robertzon; Tupas, Emmanuel; Villeza, Mark Ernest; Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, March 29, 2023, on page 10)
      One month after the motor tanker Princess Empress sank in the waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, the vessel is still leaking around 400,000 liters of industrial fuel. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Rear Admiral ...

    • Legal office tapped to process oil spill claims 

      Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, March 24, 2023, on page A2)
      Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito “Bonz” Dolor on Thursday said the filing of “compensation claims” over the ill effects of the oil spill from the San Miguel Corporation-chartered MT Princess Empress will start on Monday. ...

    • Oil can cause risky behavior in reef fish 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, July 20, 2017, on page B5)
      Coral reef fish are more likely to engage in risky behavior and be unable to identify predators if they swim in waters contaminated with petroleum-based oil, researchers said. Concentrations equivalent to only “a couple ...

    • Oil spill mega-disaster 

      Vadis, Quo (Daily Tribune, March 24, 2023, on page A5)
      Two weeks ago in this space, we wrote about the Oriental Mindoro oil spill and now it appears that nothing has happened aside from reports of the oil spreading toward Batangas and Palawan. More and more people are being ...

    • Over 9K liters of oily water collected from Or. Mindoro 

      Fernandez, Daniza (Panay News, March 28, 2023, on page 9)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has collected over 9,000 liters of oily water during its offshore oil leak response following the massive oil spill due to the sinking of the MT Princess Empress off Oriental Mindoro last ...

    • PCG, Japanese ship begin 'bagging' oil from sunken tanker 

      Mangosing, Frances (Panay News, April 5, 2023, on page 7-15)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the crew of the Shin Nichi Maru, a Japanese dynamic positioning vessel, have begun “bagging” operations to seal off leaks from tanker MT Princess Empress, more than a month after it ...