Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2002
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
15 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 5386 [EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
16989
Legacy PEIN ID:
56896
General Notes
Unpublished material|Paper presented by Sefanaia at the SpillCon Conference in Sydney, 16-20 September, 2002|See also VF 5383 & VF 5384 & VF 5385|Available electronically
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine spills - Risk Assessment - Oceania
Abstract
Assisting the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme's (SPREP) island members to plan, prepare and respond to marine spills is one of the four activity areas of the Pacific Ocean Pollution Prevention Programme (PACPOL). PACPOL activities currently include a regional risk assessment regional and national contingency plans, formulation of a regional equipment strategy and facilitating regular workshop to discuss marine spill issues. The aim of this initial shipping risk study was to identify and quantify the shipping routes, frequency of voyages and types of cargoes transported in the region as well as to map shipping incidents, navigational hazards and assess the risk of marine pollution across the region, EEZs and at a port scale. The regional and EEZ distribution of risk potential showed clusters of high risk in Fiji, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Smaller clusters occurred in Tonga, the Samoa's, Vanuatu and the corridor from Chuuk northward past Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Another potential marine pollution risk for the Pacific is the fuel oil and cargoes remaining on WWII shipwrecks deteriorating in the waters of the region. More than 1000 such wrecks have been identified amounting to over 3 million tons of shipping lost.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2002
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
15 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 5386 [EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
16989
Legacy PEIN ID:
56896
General Notes
Unpublished material|Paper presented by Sefanaia at the SpillCon Conference in Sydney, 16-20 September, 2002|See also VF 5383 & VF 5384 & VF 5385|Available electronically
Record Created: 27-Nov-2002
Record Modified: 22-Feb-2021