Spills · oil
Beyond the continental shelf
Mystery Slick: Istop Report; Beyond the Continental Shelf · NOAAORR-9735
- issued
- 2018-06-13 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2018-06-27 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2018-06-27 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 38.640, -67.582
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Slick: iSTOP Report; Beyond the Continental Shelf. Beyond the Continental Shelf. 1. On June 12, 2018, the Environment & Climate Change Canada's iSTOP satellite service notified the National Response Center (NRC) of an anomaly (believed to be oil) off the mid-Atlantic bight.. The USCG is investigating and contacted NOAA for additional information. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 38.640N 067.582W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9735: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9735
This area · spills & pollution incidents
12 within 180 nm since 1976 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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- F/V nobska; roughly 100nm e of cape cod, ma2021-05-03
- F/V rebecca mary; 40 miles south of nantucket2020-06-17
- Se of cape cod2018-09-07
- Wreck 1487; se of nantucket2017-07-10
- S of rhode island2016-08-29
- Mystery sheen: great south channel; massachusetts: ese of nantucket2015-07-23
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
Worldwide now
8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.