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This Submerged Oil Working Group was a direct outcome of this 2006 workshop and continues to meet annually in order to collaborate on proposed research regarding submerged oil. Please contact CRRC if you are interested in participating.
CRRC hosts virtual - (annual) Submerged / Sunken Oil Working Group
Wednesday, February 25 (1:00 pm ET)
Virtual meeting via Zoom
Notes from this meeting are available here>>2026.02.25 Sunken and Submerged Oil Working Group Annual MeetingPOST.pdf
Additional resources from February 25, 2026 meeting:
Palace, V., Bunker, P., Timlick, L., Brewster, C., Owens, E., McCourt, J. and Dickins, 2026. Assessing the Capabilities of Oil Detection Canines to Detect Submerged Weathered Oils in a Boreal Lake. Water, 18(3), 355. https://doi.org/10.3390/w18030355
Bunker P and Brewster C (2026) Innovation below the surface: development of a canine underwater search training device for submerged scent detection. Front. Vet. Sci. 12:1653518. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1653518. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1653518/full
CRRC: Updates on Ongoing Research at Clean Gulf 2024
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Combined Meeting Notes
The Detection of Underwater Oil by Oil Detection Canines
Bunker, P., S.R. Vaughan, L.E. DeGreeff, E.H. Owens, and S.G. Tuttle, The Detection of Underwater Oil by Oil Detection Canines,
Proceedings of the Forty-forth AMOP Technical Seminar, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada,
pp. 192-203, 2022.
A Technical Evaluation Related to Reconsideration of Marine Transportation Aspects of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project
Submitted to the National Energy Board on Behalf of Cowichan Tribes, Appendix B, Enviro Emerg Consulting, Duncan, BC, Canada (November 2018)
Submerged/Sunken Oil Working Group at IOSC 2024
May 15, 2024
Meeting Notes
Submerged/Sunken Oil Working Group at Clean Gulf 2023
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Meeting Notes
