The yellow buoy, about 10 meters in diameter, is carrying what appears to be meteorological observation equipment. Japan lodged a protest with China and demanded the anchored float be immediately ...

“A few weeks ago, the community of Perros-Guirec in Brittany, France, found a yellow can buoy washed up on their rocky coastline,” Dry Tortugas National Park wrote in a June 4 Facebook post.

The buoy, moored 1,000m (3,281ft) down, last transmitted in 2015 and was thought to be lost after unsuccessful efforts to retrieve it. On 9 February, the yellow buoy was found washed up next to ...

In general, research buoys should conform to national and international standards for special purpose buoys, namely: yellow hull and structure and a yellow light. Sub-surface moorings that may pose a ...