“This is the first time that we are faced with a catastrophe of this kind, and we are insufficiently equipped to handle this problem,” said Sudheer Maudhoo, the fishing minister. The nation relies on its pristine lagoons for tourism and food.Īn aerial view of oil leaking from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius. The hull of the Wakashio, a Japanese-owned and Panama-flagged bulk carrier, was found to be cracked Thursday, Mauritian authorities said, 12 days after the ship became grounded off the island’s southeastern coast with nearly 4,000 tons of fuel oil and 200 tons of diesel on board.Īs the spill has expanded into the clear blue waters of nearby lagoons, the Mauritian environment minister, Kavydass Ramano, said at a news conference Thursday that the country faced an unprecedented environmental crisis. A ship that ran aground off the shores of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, began spilling oil into the country’s famed blue lagoons this week, triggering an environmental crisis in a tiny island nation that relies on its waters for fishing and tourism.
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