Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yana da wahala ga jami'an tsaftacewa su yi cikakken bayani game da lalacewar yanayin yanayin kogin St. Lawrence. An yi ƙoƙari don ƙayyade mutuwar dabbobin daji. Yawan mutuwar dabbobi ya hada da tsuntsayen ruwa da ducks 226 da tsuntsaye 508, dabbobi masu shayarwa da amphibians. Daruruwan tsuntsayen ruwa, ducks, wasu tsuntsaye, da kifi marasa adadi sun ji rauni ko kuma sun mutu saboda zubewar. An yi amfani da sinadarai masu tsaftace bakin teku, kamar wanda aka yi amfani da shi a lokacin zubar da mai na Exxon Valdez
Ka yi haƙuri. Maƙwabta sun yi aiki tare da ma'aikatan gwamnati, ɗalibai da masu sa kai na ƙasa tsawon watanni. An tsabtace man fetur da farko ta hanyar aiki mai ƙarfi, ta hanyar wanke bakin teku da kuma yankan hannu da kuma jan gurɓataccen ƙarƙashin ruwa da tsire-tsire. An kammala tsaftacewa a ranar 22 ga Oktoba, 1976; kwanaki 122 bayan zubewar. Duk da haka, ba a tsabtace wurare da yawa da ke da gurɓataccen mai ba kuma an bar man ya lalace a zahiri. Amurka ta yi zargin cewa ta kashe $ 8,062,981 don tsabtace ruwanta kuma ta biya Kanada, bisa ga yarjejeniyar zartarwa don $ 768,265 da suka kashe.