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Coinciding with the development of the project, Friday, April 2, 500 days have passed since a 26-year-old monocoque tanker, loaded with 77,000 tons of fuel, split in two. The Prestige sank 260 km from the Cies Islands, in the Vigo estuary, generating a first spot of 5,000 tons of fuel. This campaign analyzes the effects produced by the spillage of the Prestige hydrocarbon on the ecosystem of the continental shelf of Galicia. OBJECTIVES Multidisciplinary campaign that monitored the impact of oil spills on demersal and benthic communities in funds between 70 and 500 m. Likewise, the geophysical study of the worst known areas of the platform was undertaken, such as the rocky areas, which are, nevertheless, of great ecological and commercial importance, and possible areas of sedimentary deposit that can be points of accumulation and retention of fuel
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