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Oiled Wildlife, St Lawrence Island, Alaska

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The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator in Alaska was notified by Coast Guard Sector Anchorage on the morning of 7 November 2012 that subsistence hunters in Savoonga and Gamble on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, found oiled birds and an oiled seal. The initial NOAA report suggested that the source of the oil was a sunken Russian vessel located in Russian waters. This now appears highly speculative, and no oil sheens have been reported and no source has been identified. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service have both been notified.

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