Oil spill wipes out hundreds of seabirds off Nantucket
In Hyannis Mass a tanker wreck leached 7.6 million gallons of oil into the Atlantic killing hundreds of loons ducks and seagulls washing ashore on Nantucket Great Point. Birds unable to fly or clean themselves face fatal contamination as winds drive油 toward Georges Bank threatening regional fisheries and stocks.
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Hyannis
Mass
UPI
Atlantic
Nantucket
Great Point
Wallace Bailey
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Oil spill from Argo Merchant hits Georges Bank area
About 6.5 million gallons of No 6 crude spilled from the Liberian tanker Argo Merchant. Part of Georges Bank near Nantucket was touched by the slick. officials warned of possible coastlines impact and tourism damage while air and sea surveys tracked the 75 by 27 mile slick. Hundreds of birds were found dead or dying along Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as residents and volunteers joined authorities to contain the disaster.
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Jeffrey Lema
Nantucket
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
MSPCA
Argo
UPI
Coast Guard
Georges Bank
Raymon Fullerton
Bridge
Richard Golob
Center
New Germany
Golob
Nantucket Island
Martha's Vineyard
Oil Spill Threat From Argo Merchant Sinking
URI researchers warn sinking No 6 oil from the Argo Merchant poses the greater beach and marsh damage risk than surface slicks. Professor Saul B Saila notes sand beaches may self clean but salt ponds and marshes need priority protection while Rhode Island officials map coastal protection areas.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Argo
New England
University of Rhode Island
Saul B. Saila
Saila
Graduate School of Oceanography
URI
Laila
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Argo Merchant
Nantucket Shoals
Fullerton
Assell E. Train
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Barry Chambers
Michael S. Dukakis
Ford
Dukakis
Nantucket Conservation Foundation
U.S. District Court
Boston
Vlccs
Thebes Shipping Inc
Monrovia
Liberia
George Papadopoulos
Carload Sale
I.se
West St
Biddeford
Kirby Center
Bacon St
Woodmen
Modern Woodmen OF America
Fraternal Life Insurance
Rock Island
Illinois
Elvert G. Pooler, Fic
Kennebunk, Maine
State House
Rhode Island
Isaco
Saco Valley Hardware Cir
Saco Valley Shopping Center
Saco, Maine
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