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GFNMS whale carcass; Salmon Creek Beach, California

Salmon Creek Beach, California | 2020-Jul-30

Initial Notification: On the morning of 30-JUL-2020, the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) contacted their NOAA SSC to request a hindcast trajectory for a whale carcass. The GFNMS is working with the Marine Mammal Stranding Network to determine if a whale carcass found near Bodega, CA on 23-JUN-2020, might be the same carcass observed near Point Reyes on 14-JUN-2020.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Other
Products of concern:Dead whale
Latitude (approximate): 38° 21.27′ North
Longitude (approximate): 123° 4.08′ West