Authorities have reopened a large portion of Smith Canal in Stockton for fishing after an oil spill late last week, but it is still unsafe to consume fish from the area, according to the Office of Spill Prevention and Response .
State and federal officials responded to an oil spill along Smith Canal , just north of the Port of Stockton, after the U.S. Coast Guard received reports of the spill from the National Response Center at about 3:40 p.m. Friday.
The source of the spill appears to be from an oil burner with a potential maximum capacity of 380 gallons, but authorities have not specified how much oil went into the canal.
Crews from the Stockton Fire Department and the Office of Spill Prevention and Response initially responded and deployed a sorbent boom to minimize environmental impacts, Coast Guard officials said Saturday.
“An additional layer of hard boom was deployed on both sides of the spill site to prevent product from entering into the San Joaquin River,” Coast Guard officials added.