A humpback whale that washed ashore off the coast of New Jersey was previously struck by a ship, according to officials
The dead whale was first reported to officials on Monday, according to a news release from Monmouth County, New Jersey. It washed ashore at the Manasquan Inlet beach on the Jersey Shore. The remains of the 35-foot juvenile female whale were moved to a county facility Tuesday for a necropsy, according to a statement emailed to CNN by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . The necropsy revealed that the whale had previously been struck by a vessel, per NOAA.
The whale’s remains were disposed of in a county landfill. Humpback whales are categorized as “endangered” in the US under the Endangered Species Act. The cetaceans live in all the world’s oceans and often visit the coast of New Jersey to feed on schools of small fish, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. Over the past few years, an unusual string of humpback whale deaths has sparked concern among experts and officials.
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