Environmental Response

NEARSHORE RECOVERY

In Canada, nearshore recovery requires a variety of equipment due to the many different operating environments encountered in each region.

It is of the utmost importance to prevent the oil from impacting environmentally sensitive areas and aquaculture sites.

The Canadian Coast Guard maintains a large stockpile of booms, skimmers, storage devices, boats, barges, pumps, and ancillary equipment in sites across the country to contain and recover spills in nearshore environments.

(Small booms can be used to recover oil in nearshore environments.)

(When oil has been contained in booms, skimmers can be deployed to collect and remove the oil from the water.)

(The Portable Heavy Oil Belt Skimmer is very good at recovering heavy oil.)

(Storage devices are used to temporarily store recovered oil. When filled to capacity, they are transported onshore to permanent storage containers where they are emptied.)