Fishing Boat Dumps Tank In Ocean, Then Coast Guards Find Out Why

But they weren’t alone. A few miles away, nestled among the cliffs, a small Coast Guard station picked up something strange on radar. A ship in a restricted area. No official logs. No fishing permits. A young officer named Mason grabbed his binoculars. He zoomed in on the vessel, then froze. “Captain,” he said. “I think someone just dumped a tank.”