Apr 28, 2021 04:07 PM EDT
Frantic calls began to come in every minute on Saturday morning into the cellphone of Blair Mase with similar concerned eyewitness report: A large sperm whale seems to be suffering near the shoreline at Herman s Bay. The male sperm whale have been washed ashore after allegedly swallowing rope.
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The Whale Died Before the Arrival of Veternarians
As the coordinator who looks after the Southeast marine mammal stranding response for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, she went into action. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute responders in Fort Pierce arrived on the beach not too long to discover the 26.5-foot-long, 18,000-pound young male sperm whale floating slowly in the surf.
Toxic algae concerns mount as rainy season, warmer weather near
Health alert issued for Pahokee Marina
Toxic algae concerns and the possibility of past water quality problems of previous summers are growing in Martin County and communities along Lake Okeechobee.
Posted at 12:31 PM, Apr 28, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-28 19:05:10-04
STUART, Fla. â Toxic algae concerns and the possibility of past water quality problems of previous summers are growing in Martin County and communities along Lake Okeechobee.
Water discharges from the lake are controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers as a way to control lake levels during the rainy season.
Extremely Emaciated Whale Died in Florida With Rope In Its Stomach, Wrapped Around Jaw
On 4/27/21 at 11:18 AM EDT
An 18,000lb sperm whale died off the coast of Florida on Saturday after becoming beached. Now, experts are trying to determine whether a rope found wrapped around its jaw and coiled inside its stomach caused it to die.
Responders from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce were alerted to a 26.5ft-long whale with rope around its bottom jaw floating by the shore at Herman s Bay, TCPalm reported.
Blair Mase of the NOAA told the outlet she asked organizations from around the state to get to the area and help the whale as quickly and humanely as possible, but the whale died before veterinarians could assist.
Tyara Amie, 27, was visiting Miami Beach from Nevada before she went missing, police said. Amie told her mother she was staying at the Fountainbleau Hotel and last corresponded with her mother on Sunday, April 18th. Amie is 5 3 and weighs 110 pounds. She may be in the company of an unknown male, police said. Anyone with information about Amie s whereabouts are asks to call the Miami Beach Police Department at 305-673-7900.
No. 3 - Federally-supported vaccination sites in the state of Florida, like one located at Miami Dade College, resumed administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting Sunday.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management said sites will open at 7 a.m. and will have the capacity to administer 3,000 doses of the vaccine every day. People will be able to choose between the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines at the North Campus site. The announcement comes after officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration