Apr 21, 2010 · GOMA has developed the Deepwater Horizon Project Tracker as a tool to track restoration, research, and recovery projects resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Environmental Law Institute’s Gulf Restoration and Recovery website provides a summary of ongoing oil spill-related research and restoration efforts.

cetaceans to petroleum products following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Endangered Species Research 33:119–125. doi:10.3354/esr00770 Endangered Species Research Special Issue: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Protected Marine Species. Endangered Species Research Volume 33, published Jan 31, 2017.

cetaceans to petroleum products following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Endangered Species Research 33:119–125. doi:10.3354/esr00770

effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and associated risk factors on marine mammals, (2) mitigation and restoration efforts for Gulf marine mammal populations, and (3) monitoring of changes in the Gulf ecosystem, including recovery and restoration. 2 …

The Barataria Bay dolphin population was heavily impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, which released an estimated 168 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days. The oil contaminated surface waters and nearshore habitats hundreds of miles away from the wellhead, including Barataria Bay.

Since passage of the Act, the number of oil spill events, especially from tankers, has steadily decreased, with notable exceptions (i.e., the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico). The central and western Gulf of Mexico remained an active area for leasing, exploration, and production throughout the 1990s.

Rice’s whales are threatened by vessel strikes, acoustic disturbance from seismic airguns and other oil and gas-related activities, military training activities, vessel noise, entanglement in commercial fishing and aquaculture gear, marine debris, and pollution from agricultural runoff and oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.

Scientifically robust mitigation and monitoring measures are developed, refined, and implemented in order to prevent, minimize, or mitigate the impacts of offshore oil and gas and renewable energy activities on marine mammals and their ecosystems. Learn more about energy development and marine mammals. Vessel Strikes

Turtles, Marine Mammals, and Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (draft RP/EA)1. The draft RP/EA summarizes the Open Ocean TIG’s proposed alternatives to restore marine mammals and other marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico region injured by the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill.

Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill. There was a 51 percent mean proportional decrease of the BB bottlenose dolphin stock as a result of acute DWH oil spill-related exposure (Schwacke et al. 2017). A large percentage of the pre-spill cohort continues …