Humans Biggest Threat to Galapagos. ” ‘It was a close shave, but I think it’s safe to say the spill did
not have a major impact on the Galapagos,” said Godfrey
Merlen, a British researcher who has lived in the archipelago for
two decades and is helping the Galapagos National Park Service
monitor the damage…

Only one pelican and two seagulls are known to have died from
the spill off San Cristobal, the easternmost island in the remote
Pacific archipelago. But dozens of sea lions and birds, including
albatrosses and blue-footed boobies unique to the Galapagos,
had to be trapped and cleaned.

Scientists say the main concern now is whether fuel will settle
to the bottom of the ocean and kill algae, the only source of
food for marine iguanas, another species found only in the
Galapagos.” AP