The environmental management of oil tanker routes in UK waters |
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| Institution: | 1. Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg, Germany;2. Institute of Marine Science (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, n° 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain;3. Department of Ecology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece;4. Université Côte d''Azur, CNRS, FRE 3729 ECOMERS, Parc Valrose 28, Avenue Valrose, 06108 Nice, France;5. ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;6. University of the Aegean, Department of Marine Sciences, Mytilene, Greece;7. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel;8. Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria;9. Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation, Croatia;10. Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria;11. National Center for Scientific Research, PSL Research University, CRIOBE, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Perpignan, France;12. Laboratoire d''Excellence CORAIL, France;13. Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria;14. SAMS, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Argyll PA371QA, UK;15. Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Slovenia;p. NESP Threatened Species Hub, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia;q. Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, USA;r. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia, C/Varadero 1, San Pedro del Pinatar, 30740 Murcia, Spain;s. National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), PO Box 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel;t. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Operational Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Marine Ecology and Management (MARECO), Gulledelle 100, 1200 Brussels, Belgium;u. Ecopath International Initiative (EII), Barcelona, Spain;v. University of Tartu, Estonian Marine Institute, Tartu, Estonia |
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| Abstract: | The recent Haven, Braer, Aegean Sea and Sea Empress incidents have highlighted the need for protective measures against the risks posed by the shipping industry to the UK coast. This is particularly the case in the vicinity of environmentally sensitive areas. The principal objectives of this paper are to investigate the state of environmental management of tanker traffic in the UK by putting the geography of shipping into its environmental context. Regional traffic levels, accident rates, oil spills, and their potential consequences upon the environment have been summarised via a risk assessment which also considers coastal sensitivity. An assessment of measures available at international level then sets the scene for a review of marine traffic management schemes in operation around the UK. The state of management and its approaches are also discussed and a number of recommendations put forward during marine conferences in the last welve months are considered. |
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