Fishing Boat Leaks Fuel Off Midway
December 30, 2006 @ 01:31 PM (EST)
Source: Starbulletin.com
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials will resume the cleanup today and assess whether there was any environmental damage from a diesel fuel spill in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Officials said the Japanese long-line fishing vessel Kotobuki Maru No. 38 began leaking an estimated 2,640 gallons of marine diesel fuel at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday while delivering an injured crew member to Midway Atoll for medical evacuation...
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