Denis Doyle
News and Features: Oil Spill
Oil Spill, Nov. 25, 2002.
Young fishermen wait to apply for compensation at port authorities in Malpica in northwestern Spain Monday Nov. 25, 2002. Fishing has been prohibited indefinately along a 500 kilometer (310 mile) stretch of the northwestern Spanish coastline after the stricken Bahamas-flagged tanker Prestige sank Nov. 19 244 kilometers (152 miles) off Cabo Finisterre (Cape Land's End) while carrying almost 77,000 tons (20 million gallons) of fuel oil.
Young fishermen wait to apply for compensation at port authorities in Malpica in northwestern Spain Monday Nov. 25, 2002. Fishing has been prohibited indefinately along a 500 kilometer (310 mile) stretch of the northwestern Spanish coastline after the stricken Bahamas-flagged tanker Prestige sank Nov. 19 244 kilometers (152 miles) off Cabo Finisterre (Cape Land's End) while carrying almost 77,000 tons (20 million gallons) of fuel oil.
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