Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Annika Hirschler | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 02.06.2024
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound introduced a cetacean desk pilot program during a ceremony at Sector Puget Sound, Feb. 21. The goal of the four-year program is to mitigate adverse impacts of maritime vessel traffic on endangered and threatened large cetaceans in the Salish Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic courtesy of Sector Puget Sound)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 09.05.2013
A sheen approximately one-mile long and 10 yards wide is visible in the Salish Sea, 2.5 nautical miles from Point Roberts, Wash., Sept. 5, 2013. The sheen is suspected to have originated from the 50-foot fishing vessel Sea Breaker, which had sunk in the vicinity earlier in the day. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles....
