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The seventh dead whale in just over a month has washed up on the New York-New Jersey coastline, a local photographer and a climate group told NJ Advance Media on Friday.
The humpback whale, the resident said, washed up at a beach in Brigantine.
“This was at the far north end of Brigantine,” said Connie Pyatt, who noted that the whale was dead.
The dead whale washed up just miles from where another whale was found in Atlantic City on Saturday — which itself washed up blocks away from where another humpback whale was found in December.
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a non-profit organization which is authorized by the state to rescue marine mammals and respond to whale strandings, did not immediately provide comment Friday......
.....The stranding comes amid outcry from climate groups who said Monday in Atlantic City that six dead whales in five weeks demands a full stop of offshore wind development for an investigation. Groups worry pre-construction of offshore wind turbines may be causing harm to marine life due to the noise and sonar that can be emitted during survey work, as well as the potential for vessel strikes.
https://www.nj.com/news/2023/01/7th...re-calls-to-stop-offshore-wind-work-grow.html
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Where is Green Peace when you need them. Are the dynamite explosion for sonar survey causing the whales to beach themselves?
The humpback whale, the resident said, washed up at a beach in Brigantine.
“This was at the far north end of Brigantine,” said Connie Pyatt, who noted that the whale was dead.
The dead whale washed up just miles from where another whale was found in Atlantic City on Saturday — which itself washed up blocks away from where another humpback whale was found in December.
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a non-profit organization which is authorized by the state to rescue marine mammals and respond to whale strandings, did not immediately provide comment Friday......
.....The stranding comes amid outcry from climate groups who said Monday in Atlantic City that six dead whales in five weeks demands a full stop of offshore wind development for an investigation. Groups worry pre-construction of offshore wind turbines may be causing harm to marine life due to the noise and sonar that can be emitted during survey work, as well as the potential for vessel strikes.
https://www.nj.com/news/2023/01/7th...re-calls-to-stop-offshore-wind-work-grow.html
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Where is Green Peace when you need them. Are the dynamite explosion for sonar survey causing the whales to beach themselves?
