Officials Monitor Water Quality After Fuel Spill
From Times Wire Reports
State conservation officials plan to monitor the water quality off Unalaska Island to determine whether fuel spilled from a grounded freighter will affect Bering Sea fisheries scheduled to open next month.
Makushin and Skan bays are home to a tanner crab fishery scheduled to open Jan. 15. The 738-foot Selendang Ayu broke in half near those bays after running aground Dec. 8.
An unknown amount of fuel and soybeans have spilled out of the ship’s remains, darkening the sea and washing ashore.
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