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World Maritime University Dissertations

1996

Marine Resources, Marine resources conservation, Oil pollution of the sea, Oil pollution of the sea, Oil spills, Law and legislation, Planning, Safety measures, Environmental aspects, Bahrain, Bahrain, Bahrain, Bahrain, Bahrain.

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Understanding And Coping With Oil Pollution Threats In Bahrain, Hassan Ali Al-Majid Jan 1996

Understanding And Coping With Oil Pollution Threats In Bahrain, Hassan Ali Al-Majid

World Maritime University Dissertations

As the human population increases and industrialization expands and diversifies, the problem of the pollution of the environment becomes more critical. The seas and oceans, which cover over 70 % of the world's surface and offer one of man’s great hopes for future food supplies, are not exempt from the menace of pollution. Pollution problems mount as use of the sea for commerce grows with the ever increasing size and variety of cargo ships and tankers, with the use of the sea-bed for mineral extraction and the threat of oil pollution to the marine environment from deliberate or accidental release. …