REASONS FOR RESPONSE Clause Samples

REASONS FOR RESPONSE. The reasons for attempting to combat an oil spill while it is still at sea are to protect individual organisms, resources in the vicinity of the slick and the marine environment and to minimise the quantity of oil which comes ashore or into estuaries. In particular everything possible should be done to prevent oil being washed ashore on mud flats and salt marshes as they constitute the most sensitive parts of the North Sea and are difficult, if not impossible, to clean up.