SEATTLE -- A 150-foot Japanese fishing vessel that was washed away last year in Japan's major earthquake and tsunami has traveled across the Pacific Ocean and is about 120 nautical miles off Canada's Queen Charlotte Islands, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Friday.
Japanese local officials confirmed that the boat had originated in Japan, she said.
On its current trajectory and speed, the vessel won't make landfall for approximately 50 days, Cantwell, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said in a statement.
In conversion, 120 nautical miles is about 138 statute miles.
"This 150-foot fishing vessel is the first major West Coast tsunami debris confirmed by Japanese officials. And now, we've learned that larger debris could reach our coastlines sooner than expected. With some debris already moving towards the West Coast, we need more data and better science to track and respond to tsunami debris," Cantwell said.
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