Oil spill in New Zealand

(CNN) -- A major clean-up operation is underway along the north coast of New Zealand 's North Island as debris and oil leaking from a cargo ship that ran aground on a reef wash ashore, officials say.
The Rena, a Liberian-flagged vessel, struck the Astrolabe Reef, about 12 nautical miles off the city of Tauranga, last week.
New Zealand's oil spill response agency, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ), estimates that as much as 300 tonnes of fuel oil has leaked from the vessel, which was carrying 1,700 cubic meters (450,000 gallons) of fuel.
The country's environment minister, Nick Smith, has called the spill the country's most significant maritime environmental disaster


MAJOR =  IMPORTANTE......................................................FLAGGED = DE BANDERA...
UNDERWAY = EN PROCESO..............................................VESSEL = NAVÍO
DEBRIS = RESTOS.............................................................STRIKE struck stricken = GOLPEAR
OIL LEAKING = VERTIDO/GOTEO de PETRÓLEO..................OIL SPILL = VERTIDO DE PETRÓLEO
RUN AGROUND = ENCALLAR.............................................ENVIROMENTAL DISASTER= DESÁSTRE ECOLÓGICO
REEF =  ARRECIFE
WASH ASHORE = LLEGAR A LA ORILLA

(...)The agency said 36 wildlife rescue teams are scouring the coast for wildlife affected by the spill and 47 oiled animals are being treated at center that has been set up in Tauranga. A team has been established to capture seals and five of the animals are being kept in captivity.
Greenpeace has expressed "extreme concern" about the spill and urged the government to avoid using further toxic dispersants.


WILDLIFE = FAUNA y FLORA..................................................SEAL = FOCA
RESCUE TEAM = EQUIPO de RESCATE....................................EXTREME CONCERN = MÁXIMA PREOCUPACIÓN
SCOUR = DAR una BATIDA......................................................FURTHER = ADICIONAL
SET UP = ESTABLECER...........................................................TOXIC DISPERSANT = DISPERSANTE TÓXICO