Dead Entangled Orca offshore of Newport, OR
Oregon Coast | 2022-Jun-28
Initial Notification: On June 28, 2022, NOAA Fisheries received a report of a dead entangled killer whale floating approx. 30 miles offshore Southwest of Newport, Oregon and contacted the NOAA NW SSC to request a drift model to see if the whale will go ashore and where they may be able to locate it for sampling.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Other |
| Tags: | Adrift, Marine Mammal |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 0 gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 44° 39.20′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 124° 35.29′ West |