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Long Branch, NJ, Recently three more deceased right Whales came to rest on area beaches. Two in NY waters and one on the beach in Long Branch, NJ. Bringing the total to 14 whales since January of
this year in our area. The total in all 2022 was 10 according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center which keeps track of such occurrences.
Continue reading Death Toll Continues to Rise: 3 More Whales Wash Ashore in the Tristate Area
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Continue reading 8 Dolphins Stranded on the Beach in Sea Isle City have Died
Barnegat NJ, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center team reported an examination of the humpback whale that washed a shore at Barnegat Light. This is the same carcass that had previously washed up dead in the surf in Loveladies on 12/24, however the tide pulled the carcass back out, the carcass later coming to rest at Barnegat Light on Christmas Day. Samples and measurements were taken, and only a partial necropsy was able to be performed due to the advanced decomposition of the partially frozen carcass. The male humpback whale was 32 feet in length, and estimated to be approximately 2-3 years old.