Kure

Summary

• LOCATION: Humboldt Bay and Humboldt County Coast.
• DATE: November 5, 1997
• INCIDENT SUMMARY: The M/V Kure collided with a loading dock in Humboldt Bay, rupturing a fuel tank and spilling several thousand gallons of bunker fuel oil into the bay.
• RESPONSIBLE PARTY: Kure Shipping S.A. and Patt Manfield Co., Ltd.
• NATURAL RESOURCE TRUSTEE: California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, California State Lands Commission, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
• RESOURCES IMPACTED: Birds (3,950 estimated killed, including 130 Marbled Murrelets); habitat (saltmarsh, mudflats); human recreational uses (sea kayaking, camping, surfing).
• SETTLEMENT DETAILS: The trustees settled the NRDA portion of the case for $4.82 million. This includes $2.42 million for various habitat and recreational use projects, and a conservation easement for the EF Hunter and Big Mynot forest parcels, valued at $2.4 million.
• STATUS OF RESTORATION: Final Restoration Plan completed; restoration projects now in progress.

Available Documents

• Notification of Change in Restoration Project for Kure and Stuyvesant Oil Spills Final (PDF)
• Kure DARP Final Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan (PDF)
• Kure DARP Final Appendices (PDF)
• Kure/Stuyvesant Trustee Council News Update January 2013 (PDF)

Administrative Record

• Kure Administrative Records Index (PDF)

Restoration Project Monitoring Reports

Grebe Colony Protection

• 2010 Lake Earl Grebe Report (PDF)
• 2011 Lake Earl Grebe Report (PDF)

Pelican Disturbance Reduction in Humboldt Bay

• Communication Strategies to Mitigate Impacts to Pelicans and Cormorants (Ward et al.) (PDF)
• 2012 Brown Pelicans and Fish Waste in Northern California (Jaques) (PDF)
• 2013 Reducing Injury to Brown Pelicans in Northern California Harbors (Bird Ally X) (PDF)

Corvid Management in Redwood National and State Parks

• 2010 Redwood National and State Parks Corvid Management Report (PDF)
• 2011 Redwood National and State Parks Corvid Management Report (PDF)
• 2011 MAMU At-Sea Surveys (PDF)
• 2012 MAMU At-Sea Surveys (PDF)
• 2011 Ward et al. Corvid Management Education Communication Report (PDF)
• 2012 Redwood National and State Parks Corvid Management Report (PDF)

Common Murre Restoration on the North Coast

• 2010 Decline of the Common Murre Colony at Redding Rock (PDF)
• 2011 Assessment of Four Potential Common Murre Restoration Projects (PDF)

Snowy Plover Dune Enhancement, Little River State Beach

• 2009 Little River Nearshore Dunes Restoration Project Report (PDF)
• 2010 Little River Nearshore Dunes Restoration Project Report (PDF)
• 2011 Little River Nearshore Dunes Restoration Project Report (PDF)

Snowy Plover Dune Enhancement, South Spit Humboldt Bay

• 2009 South Spit Dune Restoration Report (PDF)
• 2010 South Spit Dune Restoration Report (PDF)

Palmer's Point Enhancement

• 2010 Palmer's Point Enhancement Project Report (PDF)
• 2011 Palmer's Point Enhancement Project Report (PDF)

Contact

Jeffery Dayton
Email: Jeffery.Dayton@wildlife.ca.gov
phone: (707) 441-5736