'Vessel Strike' likely cause of recent Assateague Island whale death
The cause of Monday's washing ashore of a dead humpback whale was found to likely be a case of vessel strike.
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The cause of Monday's washing ashore of a dead humpback whale was found to likely be a case of vessel strike.
ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.
Seven dead whales have washed ashore in New Jersey and New York in less than two months. Some are blaming offshore wind energy sites, but federal officials are pushing back.
Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say they remain concerned about a recent 'pulse' of whale deaths in the area.
A dead humpback whale was found Monday on the shores of a beach at Maryland's Assateague Island National Seashore. There were no obvious signs of the cause of death.