[Aliantha]

This spill is a disaster that's for sure. Moreton Island will take a very long time to recover from this. Because of the tidal surge from the cyclone, the oil has made it into the wetland areas which of course are where fish breed.

The containers are mostly dropped into 100 plus metres of water, and in themselves wont cause the damage you might think even when the chemical starts to seep out however, our prawn trawling and net fishing fleet is basically rooted because of it because they can't trawl the area and be covered by insurance due to the fact that there's a known risk of snagging which could easily lead to capsizing. Also, they can't get out of the bay via the normal route and will be spending hundreds of dollars more per trip on fuel. It is expected that most of the fishers will seek compensation.

the whole situation makes me so wild. The ship should never been heading into what was still classed as a catagory 4 cyclone.