The U.S. Coast Guard arrived in Holmes Harbor Monday to clean up the remaining fuel and salvage Shark Lady, a partially sunk 77-foot vessel deemed not seaworthy.

A contractor for the Department of Ecology responded on Tuesday to monitor the defueling operation. The vessel was approximately 500 yards off the site of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland, where it was found with its tail end partially sunk below the surface, according to a Department of Ecology Facebook post. The aging vessel was not associated with the boat-building company.

Scarlet Tang, the communications manager for the Northwest Region of the Department of Ecology, said the issue arose after a small leak in the hull of the vessel gradually took on water. She suspected that the owner had been trying to remove the

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