AAP General News (Australia)
02-25-2001
WA: Trawler to be removed from reef today
PERTH, Feb 25 AAP - An 18 metre fishing trawler trapped on Western Australia's Ningaloo
Reef will be rescued today, a WA Transport Department spokesman said.
The trawler, Quobba, ran aground on Ningaloo Reef, near Exmouth, on Tuesday but could
not be removed because of heavy seas and dangerous conditions.
Marine Environmental Protection manager John Brooker said attempts by a tug to refloat
the vessel would begin at high tide this morning.
Captain Brooker said an assessment had shown the trawler - which contains about 20,000
litres of diesel fuel …
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