(courtesy Washington Department of Ecology).
SEATTLE — The Quaker Maid, a 72-foot wooden-hulled fishing vessel, sank at its moorage at the Port of Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal a week ago, and now the Washington Department of Ecology, along with the United States Coast Guard, reports that more than 3,500 gallons of an oily water mixture have been recovered.
Containment boom and sorbents were placed around the vessel as it was sinking on Jan. 22, capturing the majority of the spill, according to Washington Department of Ecology officials…