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While it hasn't happened in recent memory, there used to be enough fish for the Southern Residents to stay in the Puget Sound for weeks at a time in summer and fall.
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An oil spill off the west coast of San Juan island caused a lot of concern, but experts wonder whether the Salish Sea is ready for a big spill as traffic increases.
Divers are back in the water near San Juan Island two weeks after a ship sank, putting wildlife at-risk due to an oil spill.
An oil spill that began on Saturday reached a new phase on Monday, and divers were able to begin a plan to plug and recover any remaining oil that went down with the Aleutian Isle, a 49-foot vessel that sank off the west side of San Juan Island.