Whale carcass; Pillar Point Harbor, CA
Pillar Point Harbor, CA | 2014-May-23
Initial Notification: On May 23, 2014, the NMFS Stranding Coordinator contacted ERD to request a drift estimate for a 22 foot Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) carcass that had washed up at the entrance to Pillar Point Harbor, CA.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Other |
| Tags: | Marine Mammal |
| Products of concern: | Whale carcass |
| Latitude (approximate): | 37° 29.59′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 122° 29.64′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Applied |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |