A 1,200 gallon oil spill occurred at the Kitoi Bay Hatchery on the southeastern end of Afognak Island late last week. According to Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, which manages the hatchery, a crack in a small underground pipe was to blame. Containment booms around Kitoi Bay Hatchery. (Photo courtesy Kelly Krueger/Sun’aq Tribe) Trent Dodson is the production and operations manager …
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Photo of site on Shuyak Island. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Chadux) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Oil response vessels are still at the site of a spill roughly 50 miles north of the City of Kodiak. The Coast Guard contracted with Alaska Chadux on the response. Last Monday, according to a situation report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, high …
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A snapshot of the spill on Shuyak Island. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation) Kayla Desroches/KMXT On Monday, high winds knocked up to 3,000 gallons of fuel off a dock roughly 50 miles north of the City of Kodiak. According to a situation report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, gusts of more than 80 mph Monday …
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