F/V Tony Kaye; Moss Landing, Monterey, California

Moss Landing, Monterey, California | 1986-Oct-06

Initial Notification: At 0530 on October 6, 1986, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Alameda, California was notified that the fishing vessel, Tony Kaye, carrying approximately 800 gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel on board, had run hard aground on the rocks off Moss Landing. Three fishermen aboard were rescued. Within several hours of the grounding the 49-foot fishing vessel broke up and spilled its entire fuel load. The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Environmental Pollution team, dispatched to the scene, observed a sheen emanating from the broken vessel, which impacted approximately 100 meters of shoreline. Because the heavy wave action in the surf zone around Moss Landing would make cleanup of the sheen difficult, NOAA recommended that the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory intakes be temporarily closed until much of the diesel fuel evaporated and the sheen dissipated. USCG district 12.