NOAA Confirms 3rd North Atlantic Right Whale Mortality of 2018
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - October 17, 2018
NOAA confirmed the third North Atlantic right whale mortality of 2018 earlier this week.
NOAA vessel Henry B. Bigelow reported a whale carcass floating approximately 100 miles east of Nantucket on Sunday. Expert reviewed photographs of the carcass and determined it to be a sub-adult North Atlantic right whale.
Based on the photographs, scientists believe that marks on the carcass are consistent with entanglement. However, NOAA said that it’s too early to “speculate on the cause of death ...
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