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North Cape Grounding
North Cape Grounding
On January 19, 1996 the T/B North Cape ran aground just off the coast of Rhode Island spilling approximately 828,000 gallons of home heating oil. The oil spill killed large numbers of lobsters, surf clams, sea birds, and adversely affected several of the Rhode Island coastal salt ponds. In December 1999 the Trustees and the RP reached a settlement for restoration that included: an adult lobster restocking project through the purchase, v-notching, and release of 1.25 million adult female lobsters; implementation of a multi-species shellfish restoration project; acquisition of land or a conservation easement near or adjacent to one or more of Rhode Island's salt ponds; acquisition of areas that support loon nests to provide protection and monitoring of the population; acquisition of land or a conservation easement on an island off the coast of Maine in order to protect eider nesting habitat from future development; implementation of a project that will enhance the productivity of piping plovers by reducing disturbance and predation at piping plover nests; implementation of one or more anadromous fish run restoration projects intended to provide compensation for lost recreational fishing and funds have been set aside for general oversight (as opposed to direct implementation costs) of the non-lobster restoration projects.
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North Cape Barge, grounded on Moonstone Beach, South Kingstown, RI 1996
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North Cape Barge, grounded on Moonstone Beach, South Kingstown, RI 1996
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The tug, Scandia, grounded in a winter storm was pulling the North CapeThe barge carried approximately 828,000 gallons of home heating when tug andbarge grounded in Rhode Island waters.
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The tug, Scandia, grounded in a winter storm was pulling the North CapeThe barge carried approximately 828,000 gallons of home heating when tug andbarge grounded in Rhode Island waters.
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Frank Csulak of the NOAA Damage Assessment Center watcheswinter storm conditions at the time of the grounding.
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Frank Csulak of the NOAA Damage Assessment Center watcheswinter storm conditions at the time of the grounding.
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Emulsified oil in Point Judith Pond, RI. Oil becomes emulsified when it mixeswith water and sediments. Point Judith Pond is a salt water inlet. During thespill oil drifted into many of the salt ponds and inlets.
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An oil sheen in the water, The North Cape spill dumped 828,000 gallons of#2 home heating oil into Rhode Island coastal waters.
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Sediment samples being collected at the site of the spill.
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An upriver location within Point Judith Pond.
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Tracey Collier and a NMFS team of scientists were on site to collect samples totest for oil contamination of sediments and in marine organisms.
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Dead surf clams washed up on South County beaches after the oil spill. Anestimated biomass of 400,000 Kg. of surf clams died in the spill.
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Nine million individual lobsters were killed during the oil spill.
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DEM biologists measure lobsters to determine size, frequency and distributionof dead lobsters.
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Tracey Collier of NMFS dissects a flounder and removes bile to documentexposure to oil.
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Tracey Collier of NMFS dissects a flounder and removes bile to documentexposure to oil.
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Tracey Collier of NMFS deploys a skiff at Point Judith Pond to collect floundersamples.
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A worker takes samples at the oil spill site.
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Hauling in a seine used to sample flounder to determine exposure to oil.
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Point Judith Pond, RI DEM worker retrieves a lobster pot used to samplelobsters and determine their exposure to oil.
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