Information
ID: CA-30
Region: Pacific
Case/Incident Name: M/V Irish Stardust
Time: 1973-1-24

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Location
Spill Location: Canada , BC , Alert Bay, Vancouver Island
Spill latitude N: 50.5801
Spill longitude E: -126.940082

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Incident Character
Incident Description: Grounded on Haddington Reef rupturing two fuel tanks
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: no. 2 bunker fuel
Volume Spilled (m3): 204.0
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Owner: Irish Shipping Ltd.
Country of the owner: Ireland

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Shorelines
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Citation

Green, D.R., Bawden, C., Cretney, W.J., and Wong, C.S. 1974. The Alert Bay oil spill: a one-year study of the recovery of a contaminated bay. Pacific Marine Science Rept. 74-9, Pacific Region, Marine Sciences Directorate, Environment Canada, Victoria BC, 44 pp.
https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/54815.pdf.