

assessed injuries to natural resources-such as fish, bottom-dwelling organisms, nearshore ecosystems, birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals-and lost recreation resulting from the spill. The trustees Government officials acting on behalf of the public when there is injury to, destruction of, loss of, or threat to natural resources. Before it was capped three months later, approximately 134 million gallons of oil had spilled into the Gulf, the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. The explosion, which killed 11 men, caused the rig to sink and started a catastrophic oil leak from the well. On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil Spill | Gulf of Mexico | April 2010 What Happened?
