Summary of Previous Fisheries Closures Requiring Sampling*
Incident Name | Date Spill Reported | Location | Product Spilled | Fisheries Closure Dates | Seafood Sampled | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bivalves | Crustaceans and other Invertebrates | Finfish | |||||
| Pipeline P00547 | 10/2/2021 | Initial release offshore at Huntington Beach. Oiling/tarballs of Southern California beaches from at least Surfside Beach to the U.S./Mexico Border, including coastal marshes and lagoons | Crude oil | 10/03/2021 to 11/30/2021 | mussels | Spiny lobster, sea cucumber, whelk, prawn, rock crab, sea urchin | Baitfish, perch, sand/kelp bass, halibut, croaker, scorpionfish, sheepshead, mackerel, rockfish, sanddab, jacksmelt |
| Refugio | 5/19/2015 | Refugio and El Capitan State Beaches, Santa Barbara Channel, and portions of the southern California coastline south to the Los Angeles area | Crude oil | 05/19/2015 to 06/29/2015 | mussels, abalone | Sea urchin, prawn, rock crab, sheep crab, spiny lobster | Surf perch, rockfish, sanddab, mackerel |
| F/V Royal Pacific | 11/18/2013 | Ventura Harbor | Marine Diesel | 11/18/2013 to 01/03/2014 | mussels | ||
| Dubai Star | 10/30/2009 | San Francisco Bay, San Francisco and Alameda Counties, including Alameda County Shoreline | Intermediate Fuel Oil | 10/30/2009 to 12/7/2009 | mussels, clams | ||
| Cosco Busan | 11/7/2007 | San Francisco Bay and San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, and San Mateo Counties | Intermediate Fuel Oil | 11/13/2007 to 12/1/2007 | mussels | Rock and Dungeness crab | Shiner surfperch, Pacific herring |
*As required under Section 5654, which was added to Fish and Game Code by legislation signed in 2008 following the Cosco Busan oil spill (November 2007).
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