The Gulf oil spill has ruined a vital stretch of feeding habitat for whale sharks -probably one of the world's largest fish, says a new research.

Around 4.9 million barrels of oil (one barrel is equivalent to 159 litres) flowed into an area south of the Mississippi River Delta, where one-third of all the northern Gulf of Mexico whale shark sightings have occurred in recent years, say scientists

THE loss of marine life in the Gulf of Mexico after the disastrous BP oil spill has become a business bonanza for Indian prawn and shrimp farms. Seafood exports to the US have seen an unexpected growth in the first five months of the current fiscal.

Seafood shipped to the US has seen a 60% increase in the April to August period this year.

MUMBAI: The study to ascertain the impact of the recent oil spill-following the collision of two vessels-on the marine life, eco system and the environment is likely to be delayed further with the team meeting with an unexpected hurdle: the naval authority has denied permission to the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (NEERI) and National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) to col

It took the Mumbai Coast Guards several weeks to clear the recent oil spill in the Arabian Sea.

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US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he is lifting the Obama administration

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The Ocean Researchers have warned that prompt cleaning of the beaches need to be done to avoid long term impact of tar-balls.
The researchers have also suggested that if required even a top layer of the sand should be replaced.

Mumbai A month after it took up the task of cleaning the oil spill, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said the shores of Alibaug should be cleaned within the next 10 days but the Navy Nagar in Colaba was the worst-affected and the shores can be completely cleaned only in three months.

TERI director Dr Banwari Lal said it would take at least three more months to bring down the the level

Fire services rushed to the Comba area of the Commercial capital following oil spill on the main road on Monday noon.
Inquires later revealed that the oil spill occurred due to leakage to kerosene barrels stored outside a departmental store.
Fire officer Gill Souza expressed his surprise over the storage of the kerosene barrels outside the store and wondered how the authorities have issued licen

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Indian Coast Guard (CG) today asked the owner of MSC Chitra to cough up Rs 2.5 crore for the operations carried out to contain oil spill damage caused by the ship after it collided with another merchant vessel.

Last month, the state government has also sought Rs 3 crore from MSC Chitra for clean-up operation carried out off the coast of the state after it identified Chitra as a