Response to an oil spill from a sunken WWII oil tanker in Yap State, Micronesia
Waste Management and Pollution Control, Anamua: Treasures of the Pacific Environment
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Gilber, Trevor
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Nawadra, Sefanaia
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Tafileichig, Andy
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Yinug, Leonard
2002
In August 2001 a State of Emergency was declared in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) following a significant oil spill from the USS Mississinewa, a sunken WWII US military oil tanker, in the remote and environmentally sensitive atoll known as Ulithi Lagoon.