Mystery Sheen: Great South Channel; Massachusetts: ESE of Nantucket

Massachusetts: ESE of Nantucket | 2015-Jul-23

Initial Notification: On July 22, 2015, a Marine Pollution Surveillance Report was generated by the Integrated Satellite Tracking of Pollution (ISTOP) program of Environment Canada for an anomaly (potential oil spill) detected approximately 50-60 nautical miles ESE of Nantucket Island. USCG requested trajectory support for the likely drift of the target to better focus the search area. NOAA Oceanographer\Modeler was consulted and a search area was provided to the USCG.