Biodiversity & Ecosystem Management

Region: Asia

Hual Europe Ship Grounding Habitat Recovery Study

Client: International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund IOPCF
Project Dates: June 2003 - January 2004

Project objectives:
The car carrier Hual Europe was driven ashore by a typhoon in Japan.

Poseidon services provided:
A joint report with ITOPF was prepared that provided a detail assessment of the recovery of the habitats and benthos following the ships grounding and subsequent partial destruction by fire. Based on this, a prognosis for future fisheries productivity was made, together with assessments of the timescale for recovery. With Homarus Ltd.