Two humpback whales have been found dead off the coasts of New York and New Jersey. 9News
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 US Army Corps of Engineers and New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Service towed the whale from Raritan Bay to Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, where the necropsy was performed. The agency declared a "Humpback Whale Unusual Mortality Event Along the Atlantic Coast" in April 2017.
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