NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALE : ENDANGERED SPECIES SPOTTED BY SCIENTISTS : ONLY 30 LEFT IN U.S. WATERS?

YAHOO NEWS: SCIENTISTS ASTONISHED PACIFIC RIGHT WHALE 

Excerpts: The whales' survival prospects remain threatened by human activities.  Noise pollution can disrupt their navigation, contaminants such as plastic may cause harm, and entanglements in fishing gear lead to potential injuries or even death.

The most recent data, detailed by NOAA Fisheries, suggest that only about 30 of these hales remain in the "eastern stock" in U.S. Waters.  So, an unexpected sighting is extraordinary....

GREATER ATLANTIC MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK : HOW TO REPORT A STRANDED ANIMAL

NOAA FISHERIES GOV: GREATER ATLANTIC MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK 

Information:  The Greater Atlantic Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network was created to provide a consistent framework in which to collect, compile, and share data about marine mammal strandings throughout the region, which extends from the Virginia/North Carolina border north to our border with Canada. The network is composed of state and federal wildlife and fisheries agencies, veterinary clinics, non-profit agencies, and academic institutions who respond to or provide professional advice on responding to strandings.

DEFINING WHAT A STRANDED ANIMAL IS : One that is dead on the beach or in the water or one that is alive on land and unable to return to the water and/or is in need of medical attention, or a live animal in the water that is unable to return to its natural habitat under its own power or without assistance.... 

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AT LEAST 500 SEA LIONS and 100 DOLFINS DEAD FROM PACIFIC COAST TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM

Excerpt:   There is no antidote or specific remedy for domoic acid poisoning   Veterinarians have been giving some animals antiseizure medicine and keeping them hydrated in hopes that the toxins will flush out of their bodies.  The problem is that the longer the toxins are in an animal's system, the more difficult it becomes to treat the poisoning. 

NPR: Sick and Dying Sea Lions - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST

GRAY WHALE POPULATION DECLINE - WHALE COUNT 2020-2021 SEASON

PHYS ORG NEWS : GRAY WHALE POOULATION DECLINE 

EXCERPT:  NOAA Fisheries reported that surveys counted about 6,000 fewer migrating whales last winter, 21,000 as compared with 27,000 in 2016.

The agency declared an "unusual mortality event" in 2019 as dozens of gray whales washed up on Pacific Ocean beaches.

RIVER SWIMMING WHALES DIE : FRESH WATER ISN'T THEIR NATURAL HABITAT SO WHAT WAS GOING ON?

"While killer whales are known to linger near the mouth of that salmon-rich river, which flows into Bristol Bay, there had never before been a documented case in Alaska of killer whales spending prolonged periods in a river's fresh water...The adults, one of them in the late stages of pregnancy, were found dead in the river last weekend. Initial results from necropsies have failed to pinpoint a specific cause of death."

Inform Science brings us the story from Rueters news service. Three whales, one pregnant swam thirty miles upriver! All three died.