Spills · other
Lost shipping container of plastic bags; admiralty island, alaska
NOAAORR-10989
- issued
- 2025-06-18 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2025-07-02 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2025-07-02 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
- position
- 56.979, -134.649
- vessel
- BARGE TRANSPORTING SHIPPING
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
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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- Western channel, sitka, ak, USA2025-05-29 → 2025-06-12
- Lost shipping container of plastic bags; admiralty island, alaska this message2025-06-18 → 2025-07-02
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