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High tide helps refloat grounded fishing boat

The Columbian
Published: January 4, 2011, 12:00am

NEAH BAY, Wash. (AP) — An overnight high tide helped refloat a fishing boat that ran aground near Neah Bay on the Olympic Peninsula.

The Department of Ecology says the 88-foot commercial vessel was pulled from a beach near Shipwreck Point early Tuesday.

Officials say there are no reports of any oil spill or discharge, but a floating boom was placed around the boat as a precaution until the Coast Guard inspects it.

Ecology, the Coast Guard and the Makah Tribe responded when the vessel ran aground Monday evening.

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