The Pembrokeshire coastline boasts National Park status and numerous other conservation designations. It has also been one of the best-studied coastlines in northwest Europe, providing an unusually good baseline of information against which to gauge oil spill impacts. Scientists from various organisations participated in a major monitoring programme to study the effects of the spill on the coastal environment and wildlife. An independent group, the Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee (SEEEC), was set up by the government to evaluate the results of more than 100 scientific studies. SEEEC recently organised a scientific conference on the environmental impacts of the oil spill (February 1998, Cardiff, Wales), during which the final SEEEC report was launched. A number of other scientific reports and papers describing the impacts of the oil spill have also been published, and more are in the pipeline.
Report of the Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents into the grounding and subsequent salvage of the tanker Sea Empress at Milford Haven between 15 and 21 February 1996. Follow this link
SEEEC (1998). Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee. The Environmental Impact of the Sea Empress Oil Spill. Follow this link
The Sea Empress oil spill - Environmental Impact and Recovery. by Prof. Ron Edwards, (Chairman Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee) and Dr Ian White. Paper presented at The International Oil Spill Conference 1999, 7-12 March 1999, Seattle, USA. Follow this link
The Sea Empress Oil Spill in Context (1998) by Dr Ian White and Dr Jenifer Baker. Paper presented at the International Conference on the Sea Empress Oil Spill, 11-13 February 1998, Cardiff, Wales. Follow this link
