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Scientists Say Most Whale Strikes Go Undocumented
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. Scientists, researchers, and environmentalists have long grappled with how best to analyze the occurrence of vessel strikes that kill or injure endangered whales and other marine mammals along the feeding ground waterways of the California coast.
In Huntington Beach, a 63-foot fin whale washed onto California shores on May 19, after it was struck by an Australian Navy ship on its way to San Diego. Such occurrences are the only way researchers know when an animal has died.
That vessel strike left two animals dead, including the one towed to sea in San Diego, which later washed up on Bolsa Chica State Beach, and a calf, which was buried on land.
Updated: 3:22 PM EDT May 25, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Local health officials are warning the public to refrain from swimming at a beach in Ocean View after the water s bacteria levels tested too high.
The Norfolk Department of Public Health announced on Tuesday, May 25, that it was issuing a Swimming Advisory for East Community Beach due to contamination in the water.
According to the health department, the beach water s enterococci bacteria levels tested higher than the required State Water Quality Standards.
This was done during weekly testing, conducted by the city s Environmental Health Division. It is generally examined from late May through late September.
NMED Seeks To Fill Three Division Director Positions
NMED News:
SANTA FE The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is seeking qualified applicants to lead three of its divisions.
The directors of the Water Protection Division (WPD), the Resource Protection Division (RPD) and the Environmental Health Division (EHD) are critical to advancing the Department’s mission of protecting public health and the environment.
Division directors take a leadership role in protecting New Mexico’s land, air and water by developing environmental policy as well as directing resources and operations. Maintaining a robust portfolio, the division directors oversee both daily activities and long-term plans for the agency.
Parts of Bolsa Chica State Beach closed after dead whale washes ashore
By Alexi Chidbachian
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - The OC Health Care Agency’s Environmental Health Division has closed parts Bolsa Chica State Beach due to whale remains washing on shore.
Health officials determined that the decomposing material on the beach and in the nearby ocean water posed a health hazard and therefore decided to close the beach area.
The stretch of beach, near lifeguard tower #17, will remain closed to foot traffic, swimming, surfing, diving, and other ocean water-contact sports.
Experts with the NOAA believe the whale was struck and killed by a ship in San Diego a few weeks ago. They say the whale was the towed out 50 miles before drifting north and beached at Bolsa Chica.