Stranded fumigant canisters; Washington Coast

Washington Coast | 2009-May-15

Initial Notification: U.S Coast Guard Sector Seattle contacted the SSC and requested a hindcast analysis of fumigant canisters that have stranded along the Washington Coast and been recovered in late winter and spring, in many cases during shoreline cleanups. Reports of recovered canisters from 2009 are from the northern Washington coast spanning the region between Oil City and Shi Shi Beach. Canisters were first reported stranded along the shoreline in the fall of 2007.