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Article: Rhode Island uses oil spill settlement to finance shellfish-restoration projects; North Cape oil spill of 1996 killed clams, oysters and lobsters. (Environment).(Brief Article)
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- Seafood Business
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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Rhode Island will launch an extensive shellfish-restoration effort this summer to boost native populations of quahogs and bay scallops damaged by the North Cape oil spill five years ago.
On Jan. 19, 1996, fire struck the tug Scandia, which grounded, along with the North Cape tank barge it was towing, on Moonstone Beach in southern Rhode Island, spilling about 828,000 gallons of home heating oil into Block Island Sound and nearby tidal waters.
In the spill's aftermath, state and federal environmental officials estimated 150.6 million surf clams and 9 million lobsters died. Officials say around 4.2 million fish--including skate, cunner and Atlantic sea ...