Virtually all nations have laws prohibiting the discharge of waste or residue fuel oil in coastal waters, but it is almost impossible to make sure that the laws are observed, and many coastal towns are demanding additional measures for their protection. Apart from the fouling of beaches, the waste oil in frequented waters is doing much damage to the fishing. Massachusetts complains that the lobster fishing, for instance, has been almost ruined. The chief sufferers through the discharge of oil in coastal waters are the sea fowl. When they resort to their usual feeding places their plumage becomes saturated, and they are unable to fly. Complaints of this kind come from many countries, and it is now proposed that the nuisance should be made the subject of international regulations.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 48
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