skip to content
Government of Western Australia - Department of Fisheries

Hot Topics

Related information

Emergency response

The Department of Transport is the hazard management agency for marine oil pollution in West Australian waters.

The Oil Spill Response Coordination unit, within the Department of Transport, works closely with Commonwealth, State (including the Department of Fisheries), local and private sector bodies to protect WA's marine environment from oil pollution.

This is achieved through:

  • prevention,
  • preparation,
  • response, and
  • recovery.

Further information is available in WestPlan Marine Oil Pollution

To report marine oil pollution contact the Oil Spill Response Coordination.

T: 08 9480 9924 (24 hour service) 

Last modified: 23/08/2013 3:37 PM

wa.gov.au

© All contents copyright Government of Western Australia. All rights reserved. ABN: 18 951 343 745

Copyright

© This work is copyright. You may display, print or reproduce this material only in an unaltered format for your personal or non-commercial use, or for use within your organisation. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved.

Disclaimer

The information and advice provided by the Department of Fisheries website is made in good faith and is from sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of release onto the website. Changes in circumstances after a document is placed on the website may affect the accuracy of the information. Full disclaimer details are available at www.fish.wa.gov.au.