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Port of los angeles, ca
Gray Whale Carcass; Port of Los Angeles, Ca · 4 messages · 2020-03-04 to 2020-04-20
- status
- closed 2020-04-20 00:00Z
- opened
- 2020-03-04 00:00Z
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 33.724, -118.240
- joined by
- proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
- key
- pollution:NOAAORR-10052
Timeline · 4 messages, oldest first
- 1NOAAORR-100522020-03-04 00:00Z → cancelled 2020-03-18 00:00ZLong beach, caother
Gray whale carcass; Long Beach, CA. Long Beach, CA. 1. Late in the afternoon on 04-MAR-2020, NMFS Stranding Coordinator in CA contacted the NOAA SSC regarding a 28’ gray whale carcass at Long Beach, CA. No field necropsy is anticipated, so the carcass may be towed offshore first thing in the morning (05-MAR-2020). NMFS requested a carcass drift estimate to aid in determining how far offshore to tow the carcass so it does not re-beach in the upcoming days. 2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: WHALE CARCASS. 3. POSITION 33.730N 118.221W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10052: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10052
- 2NOAAORR-100542020-03-10 00:00Z → cancelled 2020-03-24 00:00ZTwo harbors, santa catalina island, caoil
Pleasure craft WILD WAVE; Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, CA. Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, CA. 1. On the afternoon of 10-MAR-2020, USCG Sector LA/Long Beach contacted their NOAA SSC about an un-manned pleasure craft WILD WAVE that was dragging anchor outside of Catalina Harbor on Santa Catalina Island, CA. It is a 65' wooden vessel (former trawler) with a potential of 400-800 gallons diesel on-board and is reportedly 30 yards offshore. Sector LA/LB requests a hypothetical "what if" trajectory in the event it hits the rocks and discharges in the next two hours. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 800 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 33.423N 118.505W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10054: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10054
- 3NOAAORR-100552020-03-11 00:00Z → cancelled 2020-03-25 00:00ZPort of long beach, caother
Gray whale carcass; Port of Long Beach, CA. Port of Long Beach, CA. 1. Mid-afternoon on 11-MAR-2020, NMFS Stranding Coordinator in CA contacted the NOAA SSC regarding a 29’ gray whale carcass at the Port of Long Beach, CA. It is expected that the carcass may be towed offshore mid-day tomorrow (12-MAR-2020). NMFS requested a carcass drift estimate to aid in determining how far offshore to tow the carcass so it does not re-beach in the upcoming days. 2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: WHALE CARCASS. 3. POSITION 33.732N 118.222W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10055: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10055
- 4NOAAORR-100652020-04-06 00:00Z → cancelled 2020-04-20 00:00ZPort of los angeles, caother
Gray whale carcass; Port of Los Angeles, CA. Port of Los Angeles, CA. 1. Early afternoon on 06-APR-2020, NMFS Stranding Coordinator in CA contacted the NOAA SSC regarding a 30-35’ gray whale carcass at the Port of Los Angeles, CA. It is expected that the carcass may be towed offshore early tomorrow afternoon (07-APR-2020). NMFS requested a carcass drift estimate to aid in determining how far offshore to tow the carcass so it does not re-beach in the upcoming days. 2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: DEAD WHALE. 3. POSITION 33.724N 118.240W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10065: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10065
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