Suspected female fin whale is now near Barnegat Light after being spotted off Long Beach Island BARNEGAT LIGHT, NJ – A massive dead whale that spent Sunday drifting off Long Beach Island has moved into the surf near Barnegat Light, where its heavily decomposed carcass is beginning to break apart whi…
A suspected endangered female fin whale drifted ashore in Barnegat Light after being spotted floating off Long Beach Island, prompting recovery efforts by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.
A heavily decomposed whale carcass has been drifting in the surf near Long Beach Island. According to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center , the whale, suspected to be a female fin whale, was reported Monday morning in the surf at 11th Street in Barnegat Light.
BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. (PIX11) — A large dead whale was found washed up on the beach on Long Beach Island on Monday morning, according to officials. A boater first reported the dead whale floating around 1.5 miles off the coast on Sunday to the rescue organization, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.
