An ocean data buoy that had been adrift for 15 days in the Gulf of Maine was recovered approximately 60 miles south of Bar Harbor.
On Nov. 20, one of the Northeastern Regional Association of Ocean Observing System’s buoys, known as Buoy M, separated from its mooring and started to drift. The buoy was recovered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Delaware II.
According to a NOAA press …