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Database Title	9.5 National Marine Oil Spills Database
Keywords Type1. Type 11.	New Zealand EEZ: New Zealand ships; oil spills;
Abstract	This database addresses oil spills into the marine environment from ships, offshore installations, pipelines and oil transfer sites (marine oil spills). Other oil spills are addressed by regional councils and included in their databases.
Geographical Coverage	Internal waters (excluding freshwater), territorial sea, EEZ, and edge of continental shelf where this extends beyond EEZ as well as all New Zealand flag ships where ever they are.
Dataset start date.	1995 although some patchy data exists prior to this.
Dataset end date.	Current
Status/currency.	In progress
Update frequency.	When there is new data.
Maintenance.	Maritime Safety Authority

 

Technical Evaluation
Parameters- what is measured	The database has 30 fields including: location; date/time; volume of oil; type of oil; source of oil; management process followed; flag of ship; whether a prosecution
Parameters- what is calculated	N/A
Methods used to measure parameters	Information comes from regional councils or the spiller of the oil. MSA verifies the latter.
Scale of use.	N/A
Number of records	Approximately 100/year. 928 records.
GIS compatibility.	Some data is referenced to latitude and longitude and so could be GIS compatible. Other location data is just descriptive.
Available formats for users.	Electronic database
Access constraints.	No public access. Information is made available on request.
Measurement Accuracy	To be completed by database manager.
Completeness of dataset	To be completed by database manager.
Positional accuracy	To be completed by database manager.
Database steward	Maritime Safety Authority
Database custodian	Maritime Safety Authority
Database custodian contact person	Helen Fletcher/ database administrator
Database custodian Contact Address Phone Fax Email	P O Box 27 006 Wellington +64 4 494 1233 +64 473 6699 helen.fletcher@msa.govt.nz
References	-
Date metadata record prepared.	June 2000
Author of metadata record.	Victoria Froude

 

Management Evaluation
Original purpose.	To track oil spills.
Relationships with classification systems.	N/A
Relationships with other databases	This database is complementary to regional council oil spill databases although the regional council databases can not be used directly with the MSA data.
Known relationships with proposed EPIP indicators.	Confirmed stage 1 indicator: "Confirmed marine oil spills by type, source and location".
Database uses?	MSA - to report internally to the Maritime Safety Authority and the Minister of Transport
Public awareness of the database	Moderate
Database strengths.	Includes all marine oil spills (as defined in the abstract) since 1995.
Database limitations.	Queries beyond standard reporting requirements are difficult to address. The database does not include non transport oil spills. The database does not link directly with regional council oil spill datasets.

 

What are the Current and Emerging Uses of the Database for:
Assisting with determining historic state/baseline.	Where records exist.
Assisting with determining current state/baseline.	It does this.
Assisting with modeling possible future outcomes.	This is an important part of planning to be prepared for oil spills.
Risk assessment.	Risk assessment is an important part of oil spill prepartion.
Monitoring site selection and sample design.	N/A
Aggregating and reporting data locally, regionally or nationally.	Report nationally and regionally.