US EditionAnother dead whale found floating in SF Bay
- On May 7, 2025, a grey whale was found stranded on the shoreline of a well-known beach within Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, close to Tofino on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
- Parks Canada first spotted the whale floating offshore on May 6, and the whale belongs to a population listed as special concern under Canada's Species at Risk Act since 2005.
- The marine mammal response team from the Fisheries Department is partnering alongside the Tla-o-qui-aht community and officials from Parks Canada to secure the whale and carry out a necropsy aimed at identifying its cause of death.
- Parks Canada advises visitors not to touch the whale and to keep dogs on leash while necropsy reports, which usually take two to three months, are pending.
- Access to the carcass is restricted for health and respect reasons, and the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation will decide how to steward the whale's remains, which may provide important nutrients to the environment.
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Another dead whale found floating in SF Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A dead whale was located in the San Francisco Bay last week, The Marine Mammal Center confirmed on Thursday. It is the sixth dead whale the agency has responded to this year in the Bay Area. The subadult female gray whale was found on April 30 floating near Treasure Island, according to TMMC. Scientists had the U.S. Army Corps tow the 38-foot-long dead whale to Angel Island State Park, where a necropsy was performed on Ma…
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