Overview
- Local fishermen reported the floating carcass on Sept. 24, and tides later left it stranded on rocks near Bon de Abaixo in Bueu.
- A kayaker and a swimmer towed the animal to a buoy to prevent further grounding before it was moved to the Aldán port.
- Guardacostas deployed an auxiliary vessel after maritime authorities were alerted, and the specialist firm Gesuga handled the recovery and transport.
- Officials restated that councils must position stranded cetaceans for removal, with regional intervention applying to animals longer than three metres.
- CEMMA notes accidental capture as a preliminary hypothesis pending necropsy, and reports 273 cetacean strandings or deaths this year in Galicia, including four whales.