Scientists from various organizations participated in a major monitoring programme to study the effects of this spill on the coastal environment and wildlife. An independent group, the Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee (SEEEC), was set up by the government to evaluate the results of more than 100 scientific studies. SEEEC organized a scientific conference on the environmental impacts of the oil spill (February 1998, Cardiff, Wales), during which the final SEEEC report was launched. The conference proceedings were published as a separate volume.
Many other scientific reports and papers describing the impacts of the oil spill have also been published.
THE INCIDENT
Marine Accident Investigation Branch, 1997. Report of the Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents into the grounding and subsequent salvage of the tanker Sea Empress at Milford Haven between 15 and 21 February 1996. The Stationary Office, London. 161 pp.
EARLY IMPACTS
SEEEC, 1996. Initial Report. Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee,
Cardiff, Wales, UK.
ISBN 0-9528844-0-2.
Report Summary
Dyrynda, P.E.J. 1996. An Appraisal of the Early Impacts of the 'Sea Empress' Oil
Spill on Shore Ecology within South-West Wales. Report by the University of Wales
Swansea for The Wildlife Trusts and the World Wide Fund for Nature (UK). ISBN
0-860-76142-8.
Report Summary
THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION
Marine Pollution Control Unit, 1996. The Sea Empress Incident. The Coastguard Agency, Department of Transport, Southampton, UK.
LONGER TERM IMPACTS
SEEEC, 1998. The Environmental Impacts of the Sea Empress Oil Spill. Final
Report of the Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee. The Stationary Office,
London. ISBN 0 11 702156 3
This report is also available in summary form.
Report Summary
Edwards, R., Sime, H. (eds.) 1998. The Sea Empress Oil Spill.
Proceedings of the International Conference held in Cardiff, 11-13 February, 1998.
Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee/
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, London.
Contents
Many specialized scientific reports and papers have also been published.
A number of ecological reports can now be downloaded directly from the Countryside Council for Wales web site.
Overview of the environmental effects of the Sea Empress oil spill.
University of Wales Swansea School of Biological Sciences Home Page
Authors: Peter Dyrynda, Rob Symberlist
Contact: P.Dyrynda@swansea.ac.uk
Update: 29/4/02