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Lost shipping container of plastic bags; admiralty island, alaska

2 messages · 2025-05-29 to 2025-07-02

status
closed 2025-07-02 00:00Z
opened
2025-05-29 00:00Z
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
56.979, -134.649
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-10972

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-109722025-05-29 00:00Z → cancelled 2025-06-12 00:00Z
    Western channel, sitka, ak, USAoil
    Sunken Vessel, Western Channel; Sitka, Alaska.
Western Channel, Sitka, AK, USA.
1. USCG MSD Sitka, Alaska contacted the SSC regarding potential hazards of refrigerant oil on a sunken vessel. A fishing vessel sank in November 2024, but only recently started to discharge fuel, resulting in a small sheen. The owner reported diesel fuel and refrigerant oil on board. The salvage divers requested further information on hazards of refrigerant oil.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL AND REFRIGERANT OIL.
3. POSITION 57.058N 135.359W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10972: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10972
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-109892025-06-18 00:00Z → cancelled 2025-07-02 00:00Z
    Lost shipping container of plastic bags; admiralty island, alaskaother
    Lost Shipping Container of Plastic Bags; Admiralty Island, Alaska.
Admiralty Island, AK.
1. The OR&R Marine Debris Program contacted the Alaska Scientific Support Coordinator for assistance in identifying coordinating partners to respond to a release of fish food bags (empty/used) from a shipping container on a barge. A barge transporting shipping containers of waste lost a container full of plastic bags near the southern tip of Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska and thousands of bags were released. Bags have been found in Funter Bay on the northwest side of Admiralty Island.
2. THREAT: OTHER.
3. POSITION 56.979N 134.649W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10989: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10989

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