Two humpback whales found dead off the coasts of New York and New Jersey had sustained 'blunt force trauma'
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the presence of the two whales in a Wednesday Facebook post. One whale was off Wainscott, New York, and the other in Raritan Bay, New Jersey, the agency said. The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society and Marine Mammal Stranding Center performed necropsies on both whales, according to a Friday update from NOAA.
” The cause of death was identified as “suspect blunt & sharp force trauma consistent with vessel strike,” the post said. Samples were collected and the whale was buried on the beach. The two strandings were not related, according to the agency. Humpback whale deaths on the East Coast have been on the rise since January 2016, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records.
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