Information
ID: CA-09
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: Westwood Anette
Time: 2006-8-4

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Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Squamish Estuary
Spill latitude N: 49.684617
Spill longitude E: -123.178501

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Incident Character
Incident Description: The M/V Westwood Anette, departing under tow from the Squamish docks during high wind conditions, punctured a starboard fuel tank on a metal piling
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Crude Oil
Volume Spilled (m3): 50.0
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Shorelines
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Citation

Challenger, G.E. and Sergy, G., 1997. Sediment attenuation and vegetation recovery following a fuel oil spill in Carex lyngbyei marsh in southern British Columbia.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/air-land-water/spills-environmental-emergencies/spill-incidents/past-spill-incidents

Challenger, G., Sergy, G. and Graham, A., 2008. Vegetation response and sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon attenuation in a Carex marsh in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, following a spill of Bunker C fuel Oil. Proc. International Oil Spill Conference, Amer. Petr. Institute, Washington DC, 847-854.
https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2008-1-847