Democratic U.S. Senators from four states -- including both NJ senators -- want federal environmental officials to address a spate of whale deaths on both coasts, urging “transparency and timeliness” in releasing info about whale deaths and the causes.
The senators voiced particular concern about two deaths of endangered North Atlantic right whales, although most of the whale deaths involved the more plentiful humpback species.
Lauren Gaches, a NOAA spokesperson, said that as of Wednesday, 30 whale deaths have been recorded on the Atlantic Coast since Dec. 1. They were 21 humpback whales; three sperm whales; three minke whales; two North Atlantic right whales and one sei whale. NOAA has declared “unusual mortality events” involving whales on both coasts, including one on the East Coast dating back to 2016.
The senators asked NOAA to detail how it plans to address and prevent whale deaths; outline the agency's procedures for notifying the public when a whale deaths is discovered and when the results of necropsy examinations are ready; and list any challenges the agency faces in determining the causes of whale deaths, and whether specific actions by Congress or the administration might help.
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