In a statement posted to its website, Norway-based Greig Seafood wrote, "It was a human error, and we are looking into our routines and how we transfer fuel in the future to make sure this does not happen again."

The company has hired Strategic Natural Resource Consultants to clean up the spill.

Strategic told the province that absorbent booms were placed around the spill site but that they were "unable to locate recoverable diesel on the water," according to the incident report.