Department of Fish and Game

Spills and Events
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDA)

CoSCO busan oil spill

Oiled Surf Scoter and Eared Grebe
Surf Scoter and Eared Grebe: photo by Bob Dang

LOCATION San Francisco Bay and adjacent coastline
DATE November 7, 2007
INCIDENT SUMMARY The container ship Cosco Busan struck a support tower of the Bay Bridge, puncturing the vessel and spilling 58,000 gallons of Intermediate Fuel Oil.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY Regal Stone, Ltd.
NATURAL RESOURCE TRUSTREES California Dept. of Fish and Game, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RESOURCES IMPACTED Birds, marine mammals, fish, habitat (sandy beach, rocky intertidal, salt marsh, eelgrass beds), human uses
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STATUS OF RESTORATION  

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