Fisheries and Prestige. Review and update of studies on the effects of the Prestige oil spill

• Main Authors: Punzón, Antonio, Trujillo-Gorbea, Valentín, Abad, Esther, Castro, José, Velasco, Francisco, Abaunza, Pablo, Villamor, Begoña, Pérez-Contreras, María Nélida, Hernández, Carmen
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Pesquerías; Hake; Norway; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/8975; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/328483

The Prestige oil tanker sank in November 2002 and leaked around 60 000 mt. of heavy oil (type M-100) into the sea. Immediately after the accident, closed areas were established. Among the fleets affected by the closures were four of the most important in ICES Division VIIIc and Sub-division IXa Nort...