Overview
- Officials ended the effort Monday by euthanizing the stranded juvenile after high-tide refloat attempts proved unsuccessful.
- Responders reported the whale was caught in crab and other fishing lines that likely contributed to the stranding.
- Teams administered IV fluids, deployed ropes and pulleys, and discussed trenching, but sea conditions and large‑whale physiology limited options.
- The animal measured about 26 feet and will be buried where it came ashore near San Marine, just outside Yachats.
- Authorities kept crowds back as thousands watched online, and conservation advocates urged stronger rules to cut entanglements in the Dungeness crab fishery.