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1638 dSpillsSaba Bank in the eastern Caribbean is designated an IMO Area to Be Avoided and Particularly Sensitive Sea Area; entry and anchoring are restricted for vessels.
Eastern Caribbean Sea · St · Caribbean Sea
NAVAREA IV 1524/24
2024-12-04
213 dSpillsIn August 2026, the fishing vessel Resolution beached off Point Reyes, California, with 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel aboard, posing an oil threat.
F/V Resolution; Inverness, California · North Pacific Ocean
NOAAORR-11206
2026-08-21
310 dSpillsOn August 24, 2026, a mystery oil sheen is observed in Trading Bay, Western Cook Inlet, Alaska, near Platform Spark, with unknown source.
Trading Bay Mystery Sheen; Western Cook Inlet, Alaska · Gulf of Alaska
NOAAORR-11208
2026-08-24
410 dSpillsA gas release on August 24, 2026, near Dauphin Island, Alabama, causes bubbling in Mobile Bay and a sulfur-like odor near a natural gas pipeline.
Mysterious Gas Release; Dauphin Island, Alabama · Gulf of Mexico
NOAAORR-11207
2026-08-24
59 dSpillsAs of August 26, 2026, about 50 dead cormorants are reported along Zuniga Jetty, San Diego, California. Cause unknown, no pollution observed.
Dead Cormorants; San Diego, California · North Pacific Ocean
NOAAORR-11209
2026-08-25
69 dSpillsIntermittent oil sheen reported at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Bright Bank on August 25, 2026, source unidentified.
Gulf of Mexico
NOAAORR-11210
2026-08-25
78 dSpillsOn August 27, 2026, a 150-barrel crude oil spill from a Texas Petroleum Investment Company flowline at South Pass 24 near Pilottown, Louisiana, is being cleaned up.
Gulf of Mexico
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NOAAORR-11211
2026-08-26
84 dSpillsOn August 30, 2026, a sunken 25-foot vessel at Moss Landing, California is discharging diesel, creating a 50 by 100 yard sheen.
Sunken Vessel At Boat Ramp; Moss Landing, California · North Pacific Ocean
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NOAAORR-11212
2026-08-30

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