00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.611649 CaOODSP 20240527135427 ta 150406|1995||||xxc||||| f|0| 0 eng d 0-662-21509-5 0831-6481 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- CW69-5/198E Canadian Wildlife Service. Operation Clean Feather: reducing oil pollution in Newfoundland waters / by John W. Chardine and Gordon Pelly. Issued by the Atlantic Region. Ottawa - Ontario : Environment Canada. v, 43p. : figs., graph, tables ; 28 cm. Technical report 0831-6481 198 "In an effort to reduce the chronic discharge of waste oil into Placentia Bay, and thus the incidence of bird oiling, Operation Clean Feather was mounted. The operation ran for three months (January-March) in 1991 and 1992 and consisted of (1) weekly surveys of Placentia Bay beaches, (2) sampling of oil from vessels using the bay, and from oiled birds and beaches, (3) ground and aerial surveillance, (4) a communications programs, and (5) experimentation to determine possible recovery rates of birds oiled at sea."--Summary In an effort to reduce the chronic discharge of waste oil into Placentia Bay, and thus the incidence of bird oiling, Operation Clean Feather was mounted. The operation ran for three months (January-March) in 1991 and 1992 and consisted of (1) weekly surveys of Placentia Bay beaches, (2) sampling of oil from vessels using the bay, and from oiled birds and beaches, (3) ground and aerial surveillance, (4) a communications programs, and (5) experimentation to determine possible recovery rates of birds oiled at sea.--Summary Issued also in electronic format. Résumés en français Softcover Birds gcpds Water pollution gcpds Chardine, John W. Pelly, Gordon Operation clean feather (CaOODSP)9.857505 Technical report, 0831-6481 198 (CaOODSP)9.514491