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During may and june of 2000, coast guard group eastern shore received a number of reports of "large…
Garbage; Asseteague Island · Asseteague Island · NOAAORR-7496
- issued
- 2000-06-01 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2000-06-15 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2000-06-15 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 38.175, -74.947
- vessels
- FISHING VESSEL CREWSFISHING VESSEL MASTERS
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Garbage; Asseteague Island. Asseteague Island. 1. During May and June of 2000, Coast Guard Group Eastern Shore received a number of reports of "large quantities" of garbage off of the Easter Shore of Virginia and Maryland. All of the reports, from fishing vessel Masters, passengers, and Coast Guard boat crews described a considerable quantity of garbage, miles in length, of assorted plastics and debris - garbage. Despite considerable time and effort spent in viewing the material in the water and of Coast Guard boat crews and fishing vessel crews and passengers collecting some portion of this material in order to determine its source, no source had been discovered. USCG district 5. Keyword: garbage, tourism, recreation. 2. COMMODITY: GARBAGE. 3. POSITION 38.175N 074.947W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7496: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7496
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