For the second time this month, a dead North Atlantic right whale was spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
On June 20, during a Transport Canada aerial surveillance flight, Fisheries and Oceans Canada received a report of a dead North Atlantic right whale drifting in the Gulf of St. Lawrence northeast of the Magdalen Islands.
Fishery officers have located the whale and installed a satellite tag to track it.
They are currently assessing the recovery and necropsy options.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.
During a Transport Canada aerial surveillance flight, Fisheries and Oceans Canada received a report of a dead North Atlantic right whale drifting in the Gulf of St. Lawrence north-east of the Magdalen Islands on June 20.
Fishery officers have located the whale and installed a satellite tag to track it.
They are currently assessing the recovery and necropsy options.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.
Earlier this month, a dead North Atlantic right whale was spotted drifting off Quebec’s Gaspé coast.
The whale was known to researchers as Wolverine.
The nine-year-old male was towed to a beach on Miscou Island in New Brunswick to be examined by specialists.
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