A 30-foot juvenile humpback whale was found dead on Roosevelt Beach in Long Island, New York, just days after a deceased minke whale was discovered nearby. This incident follows a pattern of elevated minke whale mortalities along the East Coast of the United States since 2017, prompting an unusual mortality event declaration from NOAA Fisheries. Authorities are conducting a necropsy and burial.
A juvenile humpback whale was found washed ashore on Roosevelt Beach on Long Island, New York, on Monday morning, just days after a deceased minke whale was found nearby.Why It MattersSince 2017, elevated minke whale mortalities have occurred along the East Coast of the United States. The deaths have been declared an unusual mortality event . The same warning was previously issued for the humpback.Newsweek reached out to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society via email for comment.
Over the eight years, 2024 saw the second most beached minke whales overall, at 29. 2018 was worse, with 32 whales.According to the NOAA Fisheries, 'preliminary findings in several of the whales have shown evidence of human interactions or infectious disease.''These findings are not consistent across all of the whales examined, so more research is needed,' the organization reports on its site.
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