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Although oil pollution accidents were quite numerous in the past, the accident frequency has substantially decreased since 2005 both in ports and in the Latvian exclusive economic zone and territorial waters most likely due to the introduction of no-special-fee system in the ports. Furthermore, absolute majority of registered oil spills were small scale. Therefore, no significant impact on the environment could be expected, which was confirmed by the results of limited investigation.
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Aigars, J., Šmite, E., Skrube, J., Gerke, O. (2011). Oil Pollution in Waters of Latvia. In: Kostianoy, A., Lavrova, O. (eds) Oil Pollution in the Baltic Sea. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2011_113
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