Oil pollution in waters of Latvia

Juris Aigars; Evija Šmite; Juris Skrube; Ojārs Gerke

doi:10.1007/698_2011_113

Oil pollution in waters of Latvia

Juris Aigars^*
, Evija Šmite
, Juris Skrube
, Ojārs Gerke

^*Corresponding author for this work

Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology
Marine and inland waters administration
Latvian coast guard

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Abstract

Although oil pollution accidents were quite numerous in the past, the accident frequency has substantially decreased since 2005 both in ports and in the Latvian exclusive economic zone and territorial waters most likely due to the introduction of no-special-fee system in the ports. Furthermore, absolute majority of registered oil spills were small scale. Therefore, no significant impact on the environment could be expected, which was confirmed by the results of limited investigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	85-99
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2011_113
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
Volume	27
ISSN (Print)	1867-979X

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

Baltic Sea
Gulf of Riga
Oil
Oil pollution

OECD Field of Science

1.5 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

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Oil pollution in waters of Latvia

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