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A volunteer sprays pressurised water to clean fuel oil on the stained seafront promenade of Spain's northwestern coastal village of Muxia April 18, 2003. The Prestige, a Bahamanian-registered single-hull tanker, broke in two and sank some 270 kilometers (165 miles) off Spain last November 19, touching off the worst pollution ever on Spanish beaches. About 2000 volunteers arrived during their Easter holidays to help clean up the oil spill. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
A volunteer takes a bucket to carry fuel oil from stained rocks on Santander's Ubiarco beach in northern Spain March 9, 2003. Oil slicks from the sunken Prestige tanker have turned up on beaches in the region which is some 500 kilometers from where the first slicks washed ashore in the northwestern province of Galicia. REUTERS/Victor Fraile.
Fishermen collect clams and cockles during the first fishing day in the Vigo inlet following an oil spill which devastated Spain's northwestern coast of Galicia March 3, 2003. The Prestige, a Bahamanian-registered single-hull tanker, broke in two and sank some 270 kilometers (165 miles) off Spain last November 19, touching off the worst pollution ever on Spanish beaches and shutting down Europe's largest fishing industry. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
A worker cleans fuel from stained rocks on the La Maruca coast in the province of Santander in northern Spain February 7, 2003. The oil spill from the sunken Prestige tanker is washing up onto one of Europe's best surfing spots - [the Basque coast of south-west France] - where cleanup workers in protective suits have replaced the usual crowds of surfers in wet suits.REUTERS/Victor Fraile.
Two stained volunteers carry a bucket filled of fuel oil spilled from the Prestige oil tanker on a beack near the coastal town of Muxia on Spain's devastated North West Atlantic coast on January 30, 2003. The aging, single-hulled tanker foundered off the coast of Galicia in November 2002 with 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil on board, causing Spain's worst ever ecological disaster, contaminating hundreds of miles of coast and putting thousands of fishermen out of work. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
A group of soldiers form a line to clean up fuel oil spilled from the Prestige oil tanker near the coastal town of Muxia on Spain's devastated North West Atlantic coast on January 27, 2003. The aging, single-hulled tanker foundered off the coast of Galicia in November 2002 with 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil on board, causing Spain's worst ever ecological disaster, contaminating hundreds of miles of coast and putting thousands of fishermen out of work.REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
Workers cast long shadows after cleaning oil from a beach in the Spanish northern village of Castro Urdiales February 8, 2003. The Prestige, a Bahamanian-registered single-hull tanker, broke in two and sank some 270 kilometers (165 miles) off Spain on November 19, touching off the worst pollution ever on Spanish beaches and shutting down Europe's largest fishing industry. REUTERS/Victor Fraile.
Fishing boats contracted by the Basque autonomous government unload tons of fuel oil waste from the stricken tanker Prestige in the port of Bermeo on the Bay of Biscay February 7, 2003. The oil spill from the sunken Prestige tanker is washing up onto one of Europe's best surfing spots - the Basque coast of south-west France - where cleanup workers in protective suits have replaced the usual crowds of surfers in wet suits. REUTERS/Vincent West.
A worker cleans up fuel oil stained along the Berria beach in the province of Santander in northern Spain February 5, 2003. 'Crown Resources', the metals and energy trader, is suing the owners of the Bahamanian-flagged Prestige tanker which sank off the coast of Spain in November. The Swiss-based company had chartered the Prestige to carry 77,000 tonnes of fuel oil which is now spilling on to French and Spanish beaches. REUTERS/Victor Fraile.
Workers at Bakio beach in northern Spain prepare to clear fuel oil February 5, 2003. 'Crown Resources', the metals and energy trader, is suing the owners of the Bahamanian-flagged Prestige tanker which sank off the coast of Spain in November. The Swiss-based company had chartered the Prestige to carry 77,000 tonnes of fuel oil which is now spilling on to French and Spanish beaches. REUTERS/Vincent West.
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