Fishing Vessel GREAT PACIFIC Adrift; Gulf of Alaska

Gulf of Alaska | 2025-Oct-30

Initial Notification: At 1100 local time, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety Unit Valdez notified the on-call NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator of a 110-foot fishing vessel adrift 75 nm east of Kayak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. The potential discharge from the vessel is 26,000 gallons of diesel. The USCG requested trajectory of the vessel adrift and the environmental fate of any discharged diesel.