Abstract
Abstract Examination of a series of air photographs taken between 1975 and 1985 of the Israeli coastline, as well as measurements on the ground, have shown that during that period a dramatic decrease in the quantity of the beach‐stranded tar has occurred. There are also indications that the quantity of floating tar lumps is the Southeast Mediterranean has decreased. It is proposed that this reduction in tar pollution resulted from strict implementation of various resolutions on prevention of oil spillage into the sea taken by international conventions, from the 1979 increase in oil prices which resulted in developing means for prevention of accidental oil spillage in the sea, and from measures that were taken along the Israeli coast to prevent oil pollution and to clean long sections of beaches from tar.
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