Beach cleaning goes on one month after Peru spill

Dozens of beaches near Lima were still beach cleaned and thousands of fishermen remained without work one month after an oil spill. Peruvian authorities saying that less than a quarter of the 11,900 barrels spilled into Pacific Ocean on January 15 has been collected. Thousands of fishermen sit idly by, unable to harvest the fish and shellfish they normally extract from the roughly 113 square kilometers affected by the spill, according to authorities. It is an area larger than the city of Paris. Officials say at least 1,200 oil-covered birds have been found, including cormorants, Peruvian boobies, Humboldt penguins, pelicans and seagulls. Another 260 birds were found dead. The spill took place while crude oil was being unloaded at the refinery from the Italian ship Mare Doricum. The ship has been seized by Peruvian authorities.