Shipwreck Removal from Sensitive Underwater Ecosystems
What started in the summer of 1991 as an ill-conceived and ultimately futile attempt in seeking political asylum by Taiwanese fishermen, ended 22 years later in a pile of scrap bound . . .
March 2014
Curtin Clears Wreckage so Coral Reefs Can Thrive
The crew of Port of Long Beach-based Curtin Maritime Corp. returned Tuesday from a job in Palmyra Atoll where they collected wreckage from three ships onto a barge and brought . . .
February 2014
Saving coral reef in the Pacific Ocean: One million pounds of shipwreck at a time
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken an extraordinary conservation action to remove nearly one million pounds of shipwrecks to protect some of the most pristine coral reefs . . .
Removal of Shipwrecks to help Coral
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service is giving coral reefs a chance to survive by getting rid of shipwrecks. Take a look at what they found!
All the Good Scenery, Nice Sunsets, Sunrises
Ericson repeated each command, as did the operator of the Pacific King. Then Ericson jotted down each of his adjustments in the tug’s log. It seemed to take dozens of adjustments . . .