Publication Date:
2021-07-24
Description:
Oil spill disasters in the ocean often devastate marine and coastal ecosystems, profoundly affecting fisheries resources and fishing communities. Urgent and early-warning actions are needed to avoid a tragedy in biomes and communities when such accidents occur. In late-July 2019, Brazilian fishers alerted the first oil slick reaching the coast of Paraíba, weeks before the recognition of the biggest-ever oil spill disaster ever recorded in Brazil, extending across the entire North-eastern coast of the country. Their early voices were not properly heeded but those signals escalated into a gigantic spread of petroleum slicks. Almost 1,000 different localities were affected, including beaches, mangroves, rivers and “protected” areas. All the nine states of the region, encompassing a 2,300-km long shoreline, switched on a red light.
Keywords:
Conservation
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Environment
;
Fisheries
;
Oceanography
;
Policies
;
Pollution
;
small scale fisheries
;
Samudra Report
;
ICSF
;
fishing communities
;
coastal communities
;
livelihood
;
fisheries and aquaculture
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Brazil
;
environmental impact
;
oil spill
;
damage
;
coastal ecosystems
;
fisheries resources
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
article
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
14-15
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