Review of crude oil pollution effects on fish and fisheries of Nigerian waters

This paper reviews some adverse effects of crude oil pollution on fish and fisheries in Nigerian waters. The main causes of spillage include blowout, sabotage, corrosion of pipeline, equipment malfunction, operations/maintenance error etc. There are spillage records from 1976 to 1997 with respect to the yearly oil spill incidents, the sizes of spill in relation to the ecological operational areas and the causes of oil spills in relation to sources of oil spill within oil operation. Based on the observation from the analyses of the spillage reports, several steps were recommended in order to reduce the incident of crude oil spillage in Nigeria petroleum industry for the safety of our fragile water bodies and the fisheries resources stock in them.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Kwen, K., Kingdom, T., Odili, E.O.
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	FISON 2012
Subjects:	Pollution, Fisheries, Nigeria, Niger Delta, freshwater environment, Crude oil, Pollution effects, Water quality, Oil spills, Pipelines, Lake fisheries, Oil pollution, Pollution surveys, Pollution control,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/38867
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