Spills · marine_mammal
Request for whale carcass drift analysis off the north carolina coast
NOAAORR-10750
- issued
- 2024-03-05 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-03-19 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-19 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.200, -76.410
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Request for Whale Carcass Drift Analysis off the North Carolina Coast. Offshore North Carolina. 1. On March 5, 2024, NOAA Fisheries Southeast contacted the NOAA SSC requesting a drift analysis for a 30-foot humpback whale carcass floating approximately 25 miles off the North Carolina coast, in the vicinity of the Outer Banks. The SSC contacted the ERD Oceanographer on call with the request. 2. THREAT: OTHER. TAGS: MARINE MAMMAL. 3. POSITION 34.200N 076.410W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10750: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10750
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