Styrofoam debris; Fort Funston, San Francisco, CA
Fort Funston, San Francisco, CA | 2021-Feb-03
Initial Notification: On Wednesday, 27-JAN-2021, a member of the public observed Styrofoam pieces scattered along the shoreline near Fort Funston, just south of Ocean Beach in San Francisco, and reported it to the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS). GFNMS staff then contacted NOAA OR&R to inquire whether the foam may have been related to two recent shipping container losses north of the Hawaiian Islands or to containers lost in the general vicinity back in December 2015.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Other |
| Products of concern: | Marine debris |
| Latitude (approximate): | 37° 43.20′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 122° 30.41′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Applied |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |