Fishing crews fear 5-year recovery after oil spill
Oil companies urged to ramp up prevention measures
Oil that leaked from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand washes up on a beach in Rayong province on Friday. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)
The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.
The Royal Thai Navy is scrambling to clean up Tuesday night’s spill from a pipeline that leaked at least 60 tonnes of crude oil 20 kilometres off the coast of Rayong province.
Authorities have declared Mae Ram Phueng Beach a disaster zone and closed it to swimmers as crews in yellow plastic protective…
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