State of knowledge on fate and behaviour of ship-source petroleum product spills: Volume 2, Saint John and Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick

Increasing Canadian oil production and tanker traffic elevates the risk of accidental oil spills in Canadian waters. In response, the Government of Canada announced the World Class Tanker Safety System and created the independent Tanker Safety Expert Panel to review Canada’s ship-source oil spill preparedness and response. Using the panel’s recommendations, the Government of Canada is establishing response plans for four pilot areas which have the highest tanker traffic in Canada: Saint John, NB, Port Hawkesbury and Canso Strait, NS, St. Lawrence Seaway, Qc, and the southern portion of British Columbia. This is the second volume of a five volume report and contains information relevant to developing an area response plan for Saint John, NB. The first volume of this report contains introductory information on oil products and spills and should accompany subsequent volumes.