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Salmon creek beach, california

Gfnms Whale Carcass; Salmon Creek Beach, California · NOAAORR-10134

issued
2020-07-30 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2020-08-13 00:00Z
self-cancels
2020-08-13 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
38.354, -123.068
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

GFNMS whale carcass; Salmon Creek Beach, California.
Salmon Creek Beach, California.
1. On the morning of 30-JUL-2020, the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) contacted their NOAA SSC to request a hindcast trajectory for a whale carcass. The GFNMS is working with the Marine Mammal Stranding Network to determine if a whale carcass found near Bodega, CA on 23-JUN-2020, might be the same carcass observed near Point Reyes on 14-JUN-2020.
2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: DEAD WHALE.
3. POSITION 38.354N 123.068W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10134: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10134

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