Spills · marine_mammal
Off virginia coast
Right Whale Carcass Off Virginia Coast · NOAAORR-10767
- issued
- 2024-03-30 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-04-13 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-04-13 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.854, -75.070
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Right Whale Carcass off Virginia Coast. Off Virginia Coast. 1. On March 30, 2024, NOAA's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) notiifed the NOAA SSC about a Right Whale carcass floating off the coast of Virginia. GARFO has requested a hindcast for the past 48-72 hours for an estimate of where the whale was when it died. 2. THREAT: OTHER. TAGS: MARINE MAMMAL. 3. POSITION 36.854N 075.070W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10767: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10767
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