Technical Protocols and Fisheries Closure Reports

Protocols and Legal Requirements

• Sampling and Analysis

Joint OEHHA-OSPR Protocol for Seafood Sampling and Analysis to Support Fisheries Re-Opening Decisions Following Aquatic Oil Spills in California

• Risk Assessment

OEHHA's Protocol for Seafood Risk Assessment to Support Fisheries Re-Opening Decisions for Marine Oil Spills in California

• Legal Requirements

Fish and Game Code 5654

Technical Fisheries Closures Reports from Previous Oil Spills Requiring Expedited Seafood Testing (most recent first)

• Pipeline P00547 Incident (Spill reported October 2, 2021)

Risk Assessment of Seafood Consumption Following the Pipeline P00547 Incident, Orange and San Diego Counties, California

Pipeline P00547 Seafood Sampling Results and Maps

• Refugio Beach Oil Spill Incident (Spill occurred May 19, 2015)

Risk Assessment of Seafood Consumption Following the Refugio Beach Oil Spill Incident in Santa Barbara County, California

Refugio Beach Oil Spill Incident Fisheries Closure Chemical Testing Results

• F/V Royal Pacific (Spill occurred November 18, 2013)

Risk Assessment of Seafood Following the F/V Royal Pacific Diesel Spill in Ventura Harbor, California

• T/V Dubai Star (Spill occurred October 30, 2009)

Report on The Safety of Consuming Fish and Shellfish From Areas Impacted By The T/V Dubai Star Oil Spill In San Francisco Bay, California

• M/V Cosco Busan (Spill occurred November 7, 2007)

Report on the Safety of Consuming Fish and Shellfish from Areas Impacted by the M/V Cosco Busan Oil Spill in San Francisco Bay, California