Overview
- The U.S. Coast Guard reported a dead whale on the bow of a vessel at Gloucester Marine Terminal in Gloucester City, New Jersey.
- The Marine Mammal Stranding Center recovered the carcass and says the 25–30 foot animal appears to be a fin whale.
- NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is leading the probe into the circumstances of the whale’s death.
- A necropsy is planned by MMSC and partner agencies to establish the cause of death.
- Coverage notes a recent rise in whale strandings and reports no substantive federal evidence linking offshore wind activity to such deaths, while accounts differ on whether the discovery occurred late Saturday or Sunday night.