PRESTIGE OIL SLICK INDEX. Tanker Oill spill in Spanish Coast. Fuel oil Black Tide in Spain

Atention: Last update: 2003, December.

In these pages you can find useful links and information on the catastrophe caused by the Prestige tanker toxic oil slick in November 2002 that is affecting Galician, Cantabric and French coasts. Our aim is to provide technicians, researchers and volunteers with readily available information on the basic aspects of the disaster along with personal safety measures.

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Thank you very much

Jaime Roset Álvarez
roset@accede.org
PhD in Biology
Universidad Complutense, Madrid

LATEST NEWS!

ADEGA, the Galician Association for Ecological Defence continues to organize voluntary cleaning works in Galician beaches. go 13-Mar-2003

New report. Economic effects of the Prestige oil slick. University of Santiago de Compostela. Department of Applied Economics. go 3-Mar-2003

Scientific intervention program relating the Prestige spill and sinking. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología and other interesting reports (Spanish department for science and technology). go 3-Mar-2003

The Galician version of this site is already available, thanks to the efforts of TRADUCTORE SEN FRONTEIRAS go 27-Feb-2003

Original photographs of the Nunca Mais demonstration in Madrid. Feb 23, 2003. go 24-Feb-2003

Pilar Picas, a Galician volunteer, has finally published the letters and drawings sent by many children who were not able to go and clean the oil and still wanted to show their solidarity with the Galician people. go 16-Feb-2003

New CSIC scientific reports. go 16-Feb-2003

Traductores sen Fronteiras. This NGO compiled and translated a number of documents in different languages and are now collaborating in the translation of this website into English and Galician. go 16-Feb-2003

IMPORTANT!: Are volunteers still needed? go 7-Feb-2003
In the forum there is a trip offer to Carnota from Madrid. A few seats are still available.

More Information provided by Research Centres. go 28-Jan-2003

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INDEX
COMPOSITION OF THE SPILL Access to analyses of the composition of the heavy fuel.	LINKS AND INFORMATION Index of websites where you can get information and cooperate.	HOW TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER Organizations and travel arrangements to help as a volunteer
RECOMMENDATIONS All the information you need for an efficient work free of toxicological risks or accidents	OPINION FORA Site for the exchange of ideas and the dissemination of comments, articles, proposals, demands, etc.	IMAGES AND MULTIMEDIA MATERIAL The best photo galleries on the catastrophe, videos, animation, sounds, etc.
ENTREPRISES Companies willing to disseminate their technology.	SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS Accesto scientific, technical and general information reports. Here you can learn more about what is happening.	OTHERS Proposals of fuel collection systems, management volunteers, clean-up tourism and all your ideas.

COMPOSITION of the spill of the Prestige oil tanker

- Draft technical report on the composition of the oil spill issued by the Department of Environmental Chemistry of the Institute of Environmental Sciences from the CSIC (Spain's Institute for Scientific Research). download

- Accidents. Prestige. CONNAISSANCE DU PRODUIT. http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/prestige/produit.htm

- Analysis of the Prestige fuel-oil. IFREMAR. http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/prestige/prestigefioulana_sphtm

Toxicological and ecotoxicological aspects.

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Index

LINKS and INFORMATION.

Situation, locations of the spills and contaminated areas.
Drift of the oil slick into the Bay of Biscay. Le Cedre (French)	http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/prestige/z_carto.htm CURRENT SITUATION SEE	Includes a register of the oil slick movement and forecasts by CEDRE.
Center for Quality Control of the Marine Environment. Galician Autonomous Government. (Xunta de Galicia)	http://www.ccmm-prestige.cesga.es/ CURRENT SITUATION SEE Sometime in December 2002 maps changed their initial model and are now issued by SASEMAR.	Current situation, predicted trajectories and links. This page is of special interest as it is daily updated. It is, however, advisable to compare preditions with those of other countries (i.e.: France).
Prestige oil slick: maps and tracking.	http://www.afi-formacion.com/nunca-mais/castellano/prestigec.htm (Galician and Spanish) Objectives of this website: 1- To evaluate and disseminate information about the coastline affected during and after the oil slick. 2- To provide information to volunteers on the coordination centres around Galicia. 3- Other activities: underwater clean-up for divers.	Great initiative. They've mapped all the Galician coast affected and promote voluntary activities by offering information and contacts.
Tracking the drift of 4 new buoys.	Website of the Mediterranean Center for Maritime and Environmental Research (Spanish tracking buoys): http://www.cmima.csic.es/Prestige/ (Justification in CSIC's Report No. 7)	Buoys drift may not coincide exactly with the actual oil slick movement. However, buoys may provide an interesting research tool. Semi-real time
Portuguese Institute for Water Resources.	http://www.hidrografico.pt/hidrografico/Novidades/Prestige/pretende.htm	Oil slick situation and forecast of trajectories. They've been tracking some buoys, whose erratic movement has not always corresponded with the fuel-oil movement
Pollution follow-up and plans. French authorities.	Pétrolier Prestige : "Biscaye plan" (French) http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/actu/prestige/index.htm Préfecture maritime de l'Atlantique (French) http://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/	Pollution follow-up, forecast and implementation of specific plans in view of the likelihood of oil reaching the French coast
Fishing and Oceanographic Technology Institute. AZTI Foundation.	http://www.azti.es/castellano/prestige/seguimiento.htm	Oil slick tracking in the Bay of Biscay. Basque Country.
MOHID Water Modelling System Prestige Oil Spill Simulations Gallery	http://www.mohid.com/Prestige/Simulations_Gallery.htm (In English) Evolution of Oil Slick Observed in 12-12 and 15-12 12-12 to 19-12 Evolution of Oil Slick Observed in 29-11 29-11 to 14-12 Continuous Emission at different depths 19-11 to 10-12 Initial Spill (Before Ship Breaking) Simulation Date Continuous Emission 13-11 to 6-12 Comparison of Observed Oil Slick Evolution with Mohid Simulations Comparison of ESA's Envisat Satellite image with Mohid Simulation	Interesting simulations and reconstructions on the drifting oil slicks. Available only until 19 December 2002

Institutions and Research Centers.
AZTI, Fishing and Oceanographic Technology Institute.	http://www.azti.es/castellano/prestige/prestige.htm The AZTI website has been expanded to include as much information as possible on the Prestige disaster and its consequences for the Bay of Biscay	Tracking of drifting spills, prediction of trajectories, technical support for the fisheries sector in their struggle against contamination, design of new fishing gear for fuel collection, chemical analysis of fuel-oil, etc
Spanish Institute for Oceanography	http://www.ieo.es/prestige.htm	Access to their activities concerning the catastrophe. They issue scientific reports of special interest
Center for Quality Control of the Marine Environment.	http://www.ccmm-prestige.cesga.es/	Information on the Prestige oil slick. Current situation, prediction of trajectories and links. This page is of great interest as it is daily updated. You can also find information on the state of beaches and on volunteers working there.
Xunta de Galicia.	http://www.xunta.es/periodico/prestige/prestig.htm	Measures adopted by the Galician Government. Institutional information and assistance for those affected. Their section "previous information" is worth a look.
Ministère de l'écologie et du développement durable	http://www.environnement.gouv.fr/actua/com2002/novembre/20-naufrage-prestige.htm (en francés)	Information on the shipwreck near off the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula. Informaton by the French Ministry for the Environment.
Institute for Marine Research IIM-CSIC. (Vigo)	http://www.iim.csic.es/~prestige/	Information on the Prestige oil slick. IIM-CSIC activities.

Websites and on-line newspapers.
The Prestige Disaster. La Voz de Galicia (regional daily newspaper)	http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/especiales/prestige/index.jsp	One of the best monographic reports on the event. Including a PDF section, pictures, graphs, contacts, link and much more information
New special: Disaster on the Galician coasts. El Correo Gallego (regional daily newspaper)	http://www.elcorreogallego.es/periodico/especiais/prestige/indice.htm	Extensive information and photo gallery.
News special: Solidarity with Galicia. How to fight the oil slick. El País. (National daily newspaper)	http://www.elpais.es/especiales/2002/galicia/index.html	Information for volunteers and people willing to help. Interviews, images, animation, webcam
Cadena SER (Radio Channel) Presige news special.	http://www.cadenaser.com/PaginasASP/especiales_ser.asp?pagina=galicia/prestige.htm	Includes a wide collection of images and sound archives.
University of Vigo.	http://www.uvigo.es/webs/c04/webc04/prestige/prestige.htm	This site tries to gather truthful, rigorous and objective information on the Prestige oil slick and its effects on the environment
University of Oviedo	http://www10.uniovi.es/prestige/	Página institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo. Buen contenido. Incluye informes interesantes. Especialmente dedicada a la costa Cantábrica.
The Prestige Catastrophe.	http://www.adegagaliza.org/prestige/prestige_index.htm	ADEGA (Galician Association for Wildlife Conservation). Diverse and rigorous information. (Galician).
A Coruña Aquarium	http://www.casaciencias.org/Aquarium/prestige/	Articles and images on endangered animal and plant species. Satellite images
Prestige's Black Shadow	http://mais.vieiros.com/desastreprestige/	Special section of Galicia Hoxe (Galicia Today), daily regional newspaper. Includes stories and images obtained through different information sources. (Galician).
Nunca Máis Special. Ría de Vigo Ría de Vigo.	http://hoxe.vigo.org/prestige/ Initiative of Vigo´s Local Authorities - Volunteers - Clean-up - Help - Birds - Map - News - Links - Thanks - Library	Comprehensive information on the catastrophe, provided by the Local Authorities of Vigo.
Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry for Developement) Press Office. Ministerio de la Presidencia (President's Office and Ministry) Press Office.	http://www.mfom.es/noticias/top_prestige.html http://www.mpr.es/gabprensa/default.asp	Official information and news on the Prestige case
Information from the Spanish Ministry of Environment	http://www.mma.es/prensa/informacion/prestige/index.htm Access to statistical data on decontamination in the area, many updated photos of affected beaches.	State of the coastline: sand and oil collected. Information provided here has improved considerably over the past few days

Useful information and access to documents.
Le Cedre Centre for Documentation and Research on Accidental Water Pollution	http://www.le-cedre.fr/ (Mainly in French with some papers in Spanish)	It includes relevant documents in French and Spanish. Undoubtedly one of the best reference pages
Oil Slicks. Marine Resoures Technology Center (CETMAR Foundation)	http://www.cetmar.org/web/documentacion/mareas_negras.htm Superb 41-page monography on HTML format including numerous images and graphs. Review of previous shipwrecks, clean-up systems, experiences in other countries, effects of hydrocarbons on human heath, conventions, legislation, etc. Highly advisable.	Author: Gonzalo Borrás Carnero. Web site adaptation: Javier A. Osuna.
- Prestige Special Page. IFREMER. France´s Research Institute for the Explotation of Marine Reources	http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/prestige/indexsp.htm (in Spanish) From the earliest stages Ifremer was kept informed by institutions in charge of national action (PREMAR Brest, CEDRE). It is prepared to perform long-term tasks, such as wildlife surveillance, environmental quality assessment and pollution follow-up and impacts.	Contents: Nautile - Fuel analysis - Fuel density - Questions about the fuel - Hydrodynamic context - Initial state - Bilan OSPAR - New Polmar Plan.
Spills Technology Databases. Environmental Technology Center (CANADÁ)	http://www.etcentre.org/databases/spills_e.html (en inglés) Comprehensive website accessing databases on various types of hydrocarbons. Chemical and toxicological properties, including those of solvents and cleaning products. (In English).	It also includes a database with basic data of oil spills between 1974-1997
Links to More Information about Oil and Oil Spills.	http://www.osradp.lsu.edu/links.htm (in English) In: Louisiana Applied and Educational Oil Spill Research and Development Program	More than 140 links to websites, mostly American, dealing with other catastrophes such as the Exxon Valdez
LA MAREE NOIRE du Prestige	http://maree.noire.free.fr/prestige.htm (en Francés)	Fairly interesting. Numerous pedagogical documents. Information on the Erika
Oil: origin and extration.	http://www.caletao.com.ar/eco/petroleo.htm	General information
Links on chemistry and the environment	http://usuarios.lycos.es/allquimica/oil.html	Excellent website, with a very good article on hydrocarbons and the health risks they involve.
Material Safety Data Sheet, MSDS	http://www.hess.com/about/msds/No5_0332_clr.pdf	(See section recommendations)
3M Guide for breath protection	http://www.3m.com/intl/es/spanish/centers/safety/ohes/fitting/Guia de Seleccion 2001.PDF	General catalogue on breath protection systems. Brand: 3M
Reports on Greenpeace website	http://www.greenpeace.es/gp2/petroleo/petroleo7.htm -Effects of oil on the environment - Effects of oil on health - Corporation liability of oil companies - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) - Oil Kills - Oil Kills (in Galician) - Results of analysis made by the Chemical and Environmental Research Institute (Barcelona), part of CSIC - A sinking energy model - Greenpeace Statement and collection of signatures in support of the Galician scientific community. - Collection of signatures: NO MORE PRESTIGES - PRESTIGE: The story of a black tide	Most of them highly advisable. PDF format. You can follow the links on top of the page and find more information.
Oil Slick in Galicia. MARINET. Discussion forum on Marine Research and the Environment	Access to documents: http://tierra.rediris.es/marinet/prestige.html Access to free exchange area (files, pictures, websites). http://cvu.rediris.es/pub/bscw.cgi/0/347121	Remarks and scientific discussions on the Prestige shipwreck. Including a RedIris distribution list.
Meteorological interpretation through the Amateur Meteorology Magazine (RAM)	- RAM's front page - RAM's documentaries - Oil Spills Prediction Models: tracking the initial Prestige oil slicks - Envisat ASAR sensors reveal the length of the Prestige oil slicks - Prestige black tide clinging to the Galician coasts: RADARSAT and IKONOS images.	Revista del Aficionado a la Meteorología (RAM) echoes the disaster by publishing a number of articles on the topic.
TsF Prestige Traductor@s sen Fronteiras.	http://webs.uvigo.es/h06/webh06/tsfp/default_es.html From the Faculty of Filology and Translation of the University of Vigo, a cost-free translation and interpretation service is offered to help groups severely affected by the catastrophe. Reference, informative and specialized texts (technical, scientific and legal) as well as documents dealing with social issues.	A number of general information texts and technical and scientific reports already translated. Freely available.

Social movement and protest sites. For Galicia´s society, the Prestige catastrophe has become a turning point. Through the following websites you can have access to news and non-institutional information on the incident. Information on the cooperation and solidarity movements in the aftermath of the environmental disaster is also available. These organisations are cooperating in improving the current situation and will help prevent this kind of tragedies in the future. It is also recommended to visit the opinion and complaint fora
Plataforma ¡Nunca Mais!	http://www.plataformanuncamais.org/	One of the most active protest organisations
Chapapote por Nos. Mariano Grueiro chapapote@enderezo.com	http://www.enderezo.com/chapapote	Contains images, sound (MP3) and digital video files of the demonstration in Santiago on 1 December 2002. With Free Art Licence Access to fora, multimedia resources and several links.
Marea Negra. Bonzo bonzo@mundo-r.com	http://www.nunca-mais.com/	Site with information on oil spills, how to help, the Prestige disaster and forums.
La Pennia Pobre	http://www.lapenniapobre.com/	Interesting site with remarkable Power Point Presentations showing visual information. Also latest news.
Prestige Nunca mais	http://www.nuncamais.org/	Non-institutional page with contacts, images and some recommedations for volunteers. No relationship with Plataforma Nunca Mais
Plataforma anti vía rápida de Morrazo	http://www.arrakis.es/~morrazo/	Site of the organisation against the construction of a carriageway in the coastal area of O Morrazo. Links. Information on the environment and protest actions in the firth of Vigo.

Access to laws and regulations.

Regulations on the Prestige in the Spanish Oficcial Gazette (BOE).

Compiled by Leonor Alonso info@derechopublico.org

http://www.derechopublico.org/buqueprestige.htm

Current regulations (web of the Spanish Center for Quality Control of the Marine Environment)

http://www.ccmm-prestige.cesga.es/Prestige_500.htm

Environmental groups and other organisations.
Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO)	http://www.seo.org/2002/prestige/	The Spanish Ornithology Society. A volunteer organisation collecting animals and helping clean the coast. Information on fuelled birds and action protocols.
Greenpece España	http://www.greenpeace.es/	Updated information on the incident. Environmentalist actions, technical reports and contact information to help volunteers.
ADENA	http://www.wwf.es/	News, volunteers and environmentalist actions. Download handbooks on how to operate.
Ecologistas en Acción	http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/	Pages with information and documents. Interesting PDF leaflet on the extinction of guillemots and the causes of the Erika sinking. Information on the main wildlife shelters affected.

Unclassified links (Miscellaneous) go

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CONTACTS TO HELP AS A VOLUNTEER

ADEGA. The Galician Association for Ecological Defence continues to organize voluntary cleaning works in Galician beaches. They have carried out some tests and found areas with several fuel layers of more than 20cm. Telephone Number for Volunteers: 680 420 807. 13 March 2003

THE QUESTION: ARE VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED? Volunteer support is and will be needed in many areas. However, if institutions are unable to arrange your participation, one alternative would be to prepare yourself autonomously, trying not to be a heavy burden for the local population. That is what we call "full-fledged volunteers". We should not forget that the main beneficiaries of our help are those who make their living out of the sea, fishermen and seafood and mussel collectors among others. For this reason, my suggestion is that you organise an independet trip and contact the Cofradías or Fishermen Associations (though some of them do not understand the need of volunteers). All offers or suggestions can be submitted to the forum. IMPORTANT WARNING TO AVOID DISAPPOINTED VOLUNTEERS. As the clean-up operations develop, more specialized volunteers are needed for the more inaccessible areas (i.e.fire-fighters). The "average" volunteer will often have to get used to the idea of a not-so-heroic action. However, this is equally necessary, involving the collection of the small patches of fuel left by tidal surges in sandy and rocky areas. Large-scale concentrations of fuel can still appear overnight, in an unexpected fashion. The clean-up mechanism may not, therefore, be readily available.If you are a member of a Cofradía or you are already organising on-the-ground volunteer action, you may contact me (roset@accede.org). and we can publish your initiatives. There are many people who are willing to help but find it difficult to know how.
New. A management volunteer (Pilar Picas) requests volunteer help in specific regions and the long-term cooperation of specialized volunteers ("permanent volunteers") Read her letter.
All the information you need to help safely. GO COFRADÍAS IN A CORUÑA (the list has been provided by Prestige-Nunca Mais http://www.nuncamais.org/contacta.htm)
Aguiño-Carreira Telephone No. 981 840151 A Coruña Telephone No. 981 297852 Ares Telephone No. 981 468017 Barallobre Telephone No. 981 360028 Cabo de Cruz Telephone No. 981 845199 Caión Telephone No. 981 504005 Camariñas Telephone No. 981 737219 Camelle Telephone No. 981 710106 Fisterra Telephone No. 981 740079	Laxe Telephone No. 981 728100 Lorbé Telephone No. 981 628056 Lira-Carnota Telephone No. 981 761252 Malpica Telephone No. 981 720011 Muros Telephone No. 981 826143 Ferrol Telephone No. 981 355599 Espasante Telephone No. 981 408377 Corme Telephone No. 981 738043 Corcubión Telephone No. 981 746951
Full list of Cofradías You can also contact the area coordinators: Cabo Prior-Ares. Juan Ignacio Díaz da Silva 981352820. A Coruña-Malpica. Amadeo Pombo 696416487. Malpica-Camelle. Manolo Soto T.609229443. Camelle-Muxía. Rafael Lema 654040655 e 981730036. Muxía-Cabo da Nasa. Martiño Nercellas 606754515. Cabo da Nasa-Muros. María García 679828242. Finisterre- José Antonio 659814588 E-mail and telephone details of the town councils: http://www.u-lo.com/prestige/concellos.html

Before getting involved in a volunteer trip, please read carefully our section recommendations and warnings for volunteers

Organisation of volunteer trips. Universities, institutions and other groups.

Volunteer list of Santurtzi http://www.ayto-santurtzi.es/cas/prestige/prestige.htm

The Santurzi council has made a list of volunteers willing to help in the clean-up of both the Galician and the Bay of Biscay coasts if needed. A trip to Galicia is now being planned.

More information available on the website http://www.ayto-santurtzi.es/ or telephone number 944205800, ext. 765.

University of Santiago de Compostela.
http://www.usc.es/uscmn/

(See volunteers section to enrol). Even non-members may be accepted. Daily trips.

Consejo de Alumnos (Students' Association) University of Alicante and the Oficina Verde (Green Office)
http://www.ua.es/coalumnos/voluntariado.html

Volunteer programme designed to help in the cleaning and support work in areas affected by the oil spill.CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 965-903-675 ---- 965-909-565E-MAIL: mailto:cons.alumnes@ua.es
oficina.verde@ua.es

Official telephone number for coordinating volunteers in Galicia: 900 400 800 information on this number

other official telephone numbers:
Madrid	900 444 555
Catalonia	900 300 500
Aragón	976-214938
Castilla & León	900 120 121
Castilla-La Mancha	925 26 53 04
The Basque Country	943 320333 - 609916768
Comunidad Valenciana	901 111 666

Other telephone numbers:

Phone numbers of Prestige Nunca Máis (cofradías and more): http://www.nuncamais.org/contacta.htm

other associations, environmentalist groups, recovery centres, institutions, etc.

Contact details in Galiciaonline.es http://www.galiciaonline.es/mareanegra/telefonos.htm

Send your link proposals here tus enlaces roset@accede.org (please, add a brief comment).

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RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS for Volunteers.

Please read the whole section and all the documents before preparing your voluntary trip to Galicia!:

Miscellaneous information, organisation, personal safety during fuel clean-up and systems fr the maximization of tar collection. enter

New work and decontamination protocols: Le Cedre. Lucha en tierra. (complete in French: http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/prestige/fichas.htm) (some of them are also in Spanish: http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/prestige/z_fichas.htm)

Volunteer's Handbook. Agmat (in Spanish. 252 Kb pdf, 8 pages) download

It is advisable to check the toxicological issues in the scientific reports section

Recommendations from the Galician Health Department to volunteers collecting oil. (in Galician. 77,4 Kb pdf) download webpage: http://www.sergas.es/cas/default.asp Interesting information and news.

Alcobendas Volunteer Collaboration Service Paper: HOW TO HELP FIGHT THE OIL SLICK IN GALICIA HERE

Documents on safety and decontamination Le Cedre. http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/prestige/z_fichas.htm (In Spanish and French)

Greenpeace document on safe oil collection (revised) Access

ADENA handbooks for volunteers (PDF format, with an interesting section on veterinary information)) http://www.wwf.es/prestige_documentos.php

Send your link proposals here.

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OPINION AND PROTEST FORA.

Opinion Fora.

Join OUR FORUM*!. The Prestige Tanker Spill. Volunteers and information. Designed as an instrument of communication for volunteers and people willing to share their information and/or experience. What is an opinion forum? How does it work? *(sponsored by Melodysoft)

A contrafío.http://www.acontrafio.com/ Very interesting editorials (in Galician) On-line feedback accepted.

Perhaps the most active forum (in Galician) http://burlanegra.vieiros.com/foro/list.php?f=2&lang=gal Very interesting. Worth some time.

Forum of the Solidarity Channel. http://www.canalsolidario.org/web/foro/foro_canal.asp Very active from the start

Debate forum of radion channel Cadena SER

Chapapote por nos (created on December 30) Houses several fora.

La polémica (Controversy). El Correo Gallego. (Brief Comments).

U-LO.com Urgent Help!!! Forum of the Galician web search engine. Mainly in Galician

Terra. Interesting debate with well-informed participants.

GOB Nunca Mais. Solidarity with Galicia.

Distribution lists.
In the following distribution lists you can find information on the Prestige spills. Before submitting your question it is advisable to check the message archive.
AYUDA PRESTIGE. (U-LO.com)	http://www.xesnet.com/listas/buscadorlistas.php?Cadena=prestige&C=1
MAREA NEGRA	Instructions to register here
MARINET. (REDiris) Research Forum on Marien Resources and Environment.	http://tierra.rediris.es/marinet Access to files (registration needed) http://listserv.rediris.es/archives/marinet.html
TOXICOL. (REDiris) Multidisciplinary forum on toxicology	http://www.rediris.es/list/info/toxicol.html Messages: http://listserv.rediris.es/archives/toxicol.html
AMBIENTAL. (REDiris) Environmental policies	http://www.rediris.es/list/info/ambiental.html Messages: http://listserv.rediris.es/archives/ambiental.html
AGUA-ES (REDiris) Water policies	http://www3.unileon.es/agua/ Messages: http://listserv.rediris.es/archives/agua-es.html
RESIDUOS (Waste). (ICTnet)	http://www.ictnet.es/ICTnet/cv/comunidad.jsp?area=mAmb&cv=residuos Instructions: http://www.ictnet.es/infosite/cv_ayudalist.htm#buscar
GESTMA. (ICTnet) Environmental Management	http://www.ictnet.es/ICTnet/cv/comunidad.jsp?area=mAmb&cv=gestma Instructions: http://www.ictnet.es/infosite/cv_ayudalist.htm#buscar

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IMAGES AND MULTIMEDIA.

We would like you to cooperate with this section. If you want to have your images published, send them to roset@accede.org. Please indicate if they should be freely accessible. Thanks.

Images of O Grove, Aguiño and Lira on 15-17 December. Jaime Roset see

Galicia, the black coast. Nando Peretti foundation. http://www.artist-port.com/ An emerging small window opens. Small images, but very interesting. Most of them, including some of the sinking, never published before.

La Voz de Galicia Image Galery http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/especiales/prestige/index_albumes.jsp recommended!

Photographs from "El Correo Gallego" http://www.elcorreogallego.es/periodico/especiais/prestige/indice.htm

Video "Aguiño, outliving the Prestige" (MPG 48 Mb) http://www.continental-producciones.es/video/video.mpg
Provided by Continental Productions. Highly recommended!!!

Interactive graphics on the Prestige from the newspaper "El Mundo"http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/graficos/nov/s2/index.htm

Greenpeace. http://www.greenpeace.es/gp2/petroleo/petroleo4.htm

Ecologistas en acción. http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/fotos/prestige.htm

EARLY SATELLITE IMAGES.

-Envisat’s ASAR reveals extent of massive oil spill off Spanish coast http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/ESAGFD7708D_index_0.html
-Recopilación de AURENSA. http://www.aurensa.es/archivo/2002-11-17_CostaDaMorte/2002-11-17_CostaDaMorte.htm
-Earth observation. More spill satellite pictures. http://earth.esa.int/ew/oil_slicks/galicia_sp_02/os_galicia_nov_02.html
-Image of the beaches in the Costa da Morte, on November 21. NASA http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=5268

Le Cedre: Centre de Documentation de Recherche et d'expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des Eaux http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/prestige/z_photo.htm

The Galician Department for Environmental Issues. Wildlife recovery. http://www.xunta.es/conselle/cma/CMA04d/CMA04dnPrestige/CMA04dn03Galeria/p04dn03Galeria01.htm

Galery of http://www.nunca-mais.com http://www.nunca-mais.com/gallery/search.php

Photographs of Chapapote nunca mais http://www.terra.es/personal/darsoft/chapapote/fotos.html

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Index

COMPANIES

No more companies with the technology willing to be listed in this directory? Weird… isn´t it?

In this section we will publish the details of companies offering useful infrastructure or equipment
Company	Contact person	Telephone No.	Fax No.	Equipment
Vertex Technics, S.L.	Ana Gómez Valladolid ana.gomez@vertex.es	91 3 24 00 14	91 313 47 53	Absorbents and floating barriers more information

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Index

SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND GENERAL INFORMATION

See also the list of links. Useful information and access to the documents

Scientific reports

Toxicological and ecotoxicological aspects

Reports on the effects of hydrocarbons on health. Fisterra.com Primary attention online. http://www.fisterra.com/prestige/prestige.htm
Toxicological risks during collection. Comments on the risks of fuel collection and birds clean-up. On the basis of information available on 29 November 2002, attention is paid to the likely damage to the French coast. Dr Alain Baert.(6 pagesPDF. 129 Kb) http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/prestige/fichiers/baert29_11es.pdf
Comments on the toxicity of the Prestige oil. CSIC Report No. 11 http://csicprestige.iim.csic.es/informes/info11.pdf
Assessment of health risks for people involved in beach clean-up operations after the Erika shipwreck. Baars, B. J. Toxicol Lett. (1-3) Download
Heavy fuel oils. CONCAWE’s Petroleum Products and Health Management Groups. 1998. Download (PDF, 175 Kb), 53 pages.

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REPORTS BY THE SPANISH INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY. http://www.ieo.es/prestige.htm

Spain´s Institute of Oceanography (IEO), is the only state-wide organisation devoted to marine research, it has a broad experience in the scientific monitoring of accidental spills of toxic substances at sea. Before the Prestige case, IEO participated in studies to assess the effects of the Polycommander (1970), Monte Urquiola (1976), Casón (1987) and Aegean Sea (1992) spills, all of them off the Galician coasts.

CSIC REPORTS (Spain´s Institute for Scientific Research). Scientific program coordinated by CSIC to monitor and assess the consequences of the Prestige oil spill (in Spanish) http://csicprestige.iim.csic.es/

Report 01	Caracterización del vertido y evolución preliminar en el medio. Characteristics of the Spill and preliminary evolution in the environment
Report 02	Presencia de metales pesados en la zona de hundimiento del petrolero Prestige y composición de metales y complejantes del fuel emulsionado de la costa. Presence of heavy metals in the area of the Prestige wreck and composition of the emulsified oil washing ashore.
Report 03	Datos de oxígeno e hidrográficos en las proximidades del Prestige. Hydrographical and oxigenation data of the area around the Prestige
Report 04	Report sobre la sismicidad de la zona del SW de Galicia. Report on the seismic features of South West Galicia
Report 05	Escenario oceanográfico en la zona de hundimiento del “Prestige”. Oceanographic scenario of the shipwreck area
Report 06	Búsqueda bibliográfica sobre “Vertidos de petróleo” en la base de datos internacional Science Citation Index (SCI) -- Base DE DATOS en Access. Bibliographical search on "Oil Spills" in the international database Science Citation Index (SCI) . Microsoft Access Database
Report 07	Seguimiento de boyas a la deriva en la zona del vertido del buque Prestige. Evolution of buoys released in the shipwreck area
Report 08	Acumulación de fuel en el frente costero de las ‘Rías Baixas’. Oil accummulation near the Rías Baixas.
Report 09	Bio-remediación: aproximaciones biológicas para acelerar la regeneración de las zonas contaminadas por el derrame de crudo del Prestige en las costas de Galicia. Bioremediation: biological approaches to accelerate the regeneration of areas contaminated by the Prestige oil slick off the Galician coasts.
Report 10	Contenido de componentes volátiles en el fuel-oil vertido por el Prestige. Volatile components contained in the oil spilled by the Prestige tanker
Report 11	Comentario sobre la toxicidad de los residuos de pretroleo del Prestige. Comment on the toxicity of the Prestige oil spill
Report 12	Investigacion en oceanografia operacional en el csic: prediccion de las trayectorias de las manchas de crudo del buque prestige
Report 13	Caracterización de la fracción soluble en agua del fuel-oil vertido por el prestige.
Report 14	Red de vigilancia de nuevas manchas de fuel en el litoral.

Reports by the Scientific Advisory Commitee. http://comite.iim.csic.es/

Spain´s Institute for Scientific Research (CSIC), is the scientific institution commissioned by Spanin´s government to investigate the Prestige sinking. All the information provided by the mini-submarine Nautile should be reflected in CSIC reports. These pages are now being constantly updated. The first report was published on 10 December, nearly a month after the catastrophe.

REPORTS by the IIM-CSIC (Institute for Marien Reseach-CSIC) (Some of them are the basis of reports publised by CSIC, so part of the information may be redundant. ) go

BIOREMEDIATIONN: IS IT VIABLE?

Tratamiento microbiológico de la contaminación por petróleo en ambientes marinos. Estudio de su posible optimización. (PDF, 1,16 MB) M. A. Murado, J. Mirón, M.P. González, IIM-CSIC, 1996. in "Seguimiento de la contaminación producida por el accidente del buque AEGEAN SEA". Monografías del Ministerio de Medioambiente, I.S.B.N.: 84-498-0276-8. Depósito Legal M. 43.501-1996 (Microbiological treatment of oil contamination in marine environments. A study of its possible optimisation.)
Bioremediación autóctona (Local Bioremediation) (PDF, 100 Kb) Un protocolo de Miguel Anxo Murado (IIM-CSIC) pra obter biorremedios autóctonos.

EFFECTS OF THE SPILL.

Effect on fishing grounds:

Efectos de los vertidos del petróleo sobre las pesquerías en Galicia (Effects of the oil spills in Galician fisheries - PDF, 119 Kb), by the Workinkg Group on Fisheries of the IIM-CSIC, Vigo.
Posibles efectos del vertido del prestige sobre las poblaciones explotadas de cefalópodos en aguas de Galicia (Possible effects of the Prestige oil spill on cephalopod populations exploited in Galician waters PDF, 113,2 Kb) byr Ángel Guerra, Ángel F. González y Jaime Otero, ECOBIOMAR, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas. CSIC, Vigo.

Effects on turtles and sea mammals, by Alfredo López and Josep M. Alonso Farré (CEMMA y Sociedad Española de Cetáceos, the Spanish Society for the Study of Cetaceans). (see below)

INFORMATION ON THE SHIPWRECK AREA

Escenario hidrográfico de la zona del hundimiento del Prestige, (Hydrological scenario of the Prestige shipwreck area) by Carmen G. Castro, of the Oceanology deparment of the IIM-CSIC. "There is no oxigen at that depth". Lately we have heard that several times, but there really is, and quite a great deal.

Informe preliminar del impacto del vertido del petrolero "Prestige" en tortugas y mamíferos marinos en las costas gallegas" · (Preliminary report on the impact of the Prestige oil spill on turtles and sea mammals in the Galician coast) by Josep Mª Alonso Farré and Alfredo López Fernández. Coordinadora para o Estudio dos Mamíferos Mariños, CEMMA (Organisation for the Study of Sea Mammals). Sociedad Española de Cetáceos, SEC (Spanish Society for the Study of Cetaceans). (PDF 24 pages) http://hoxe.vigo.org/pdf/impresos/cetaceos.pdf (316 Kb)

Scientific papers (plain text)

Heavy fuel oils. Prepared by CONCAWE’s Petroleum Products and Health Management Groups. Brussels 1998. ABSTRACT: The dossier summarizes the physical and chemical properties and toxicological, health, safety and environmental information on heavy fuel oils. KEYWORDS: Fuel oil, heavy fuel oil, toxicology, health, environment, review. Download (PDF, 175 Kb), 53 pages.

Paper on the toxicological risk assessment of volunteers, clean-up workers and tourists after the Erika spill off the French coast in 1999. Compressed PDF (.zip, 192 Kb).

Papers with accessible technical and scientific information.
Effects of hydroarbons on human health. Gonzalo Borrás Carnero	http://webs.uvigo.es/h06/webh06/tsfp/es-en/efectos_es.html (Spanish) http://webs.uvigo.es/h06/webh06/tsfp/es-en/efectos_en.html (English) by Silvia González González 19/12/02, mailto:sylviagleztome@hotmail.com	Basic description of chemical components of hydrocarbons, routes for human exposition and effects on the environment. [HTML] 4 pages
La Lettre du Cedre NAUFRAGE DU PETROLIER PRESTIGE. Implication du Cedre. (in French)	Website http://www.le-cedre.fr/fr/publication/ PDF File(222 Kb.) download	Summary of the information on the accident and the activity of Le Cedre up to the present days.
Oil slicks. Scientific Museus in A Coruña	http://www.casaciencias.org/mc2responde/monografias/Mareas_Negras.pdf	(2,5 Mb PDF) Full colour. Basic information on the consequences of the spill.