USCG Responds To Fuel Discharge From Sunken Vessel Near Sitka, Alaska

Coast Guard responds to diesel fuel discharge near Sitka, Alaska

The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a diesel fuel discharge, Tuesday, after a vessel sank near Sitka, Alaska.

Sector Juneau personnel received a report, February 26, 2021 at 2 p.m., that the 52-foot fishing vessel, Haida Lady, sank and was completely submerged between Cobb Island and Silver Point South of Sitka, Alaska. The vessel reportedly discharged an unknown amount of unrecoverable diesel near Cobb Island.

Hanson Marine has been contracted by the Coast Guard to mitigate pollution...

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