CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Shoreline surveys. 4 



The lagoon 4 



Area cleared of fish by the Federal Aviation Agency 4 



Area not cleared by the Federal Aviation Agency 6 



The small boat harbor 6 



Sea birds 7 



Underwater surveys 8 



The vicinity of the wreck. 



Sea off Wake Island between the harbor and Peacock Point 9 



Sea off southeastern end of Wilkes Island 10 



Conclusions 10 



FIGURES 



1. Wake Island — 2 



2. R. C. Stoner , aground off the harbor entrance 3 



3. Oil blackened surf 3 



4. Inner small boat harbor was covered with about 20 cm of oil 4 



5. Turbo sp. suffered high mortality 5 



6. Fishes stranded on the oil blackened beach 5 



7. Large aggregations of sooty terns off the western end of the island 7 



8. Leatherback runners, Chorinemus sanctipetri , swimming in an area 



heavily contaminated with jet fuel 8 



