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I made some notes from various media broadcasts from July 1 to July
15/08, concerning the dead beached whale below. This morning's news
finally identified the whale as a sei whale. JW
JULY 1, 2008 - CTV's/ATV's late news showed a DEAD BALEEN WHALE on a
shore near Rockport, New Brunswick, which is south from Sackville,
N.B. across Cumberland Basin from Joggins, N.S. I missed parts of
the news report, but I heard Tonya Wimmer quoted that it might be a
FIN WHALE or a SEI WHALE, and that fin whales are a species at risk.
I didn't hear how large or long the whale was, nor any speculation
about how it died. A man said something about wounds from fishing
nets?? [The next day again on CBC Radio some man interviewed from
Dieppe, N.B. (near Moncton) mentioned that they had been told it was
a FIN WHALE? {NO -- SEE BELOW]. I assumed he was talking about the
same whale. And he was saying there were plans to tow the whale up
off the beach onto the land where it could be loaded onto a truck, to
be taken somewhere for burial?]
[On July 3/08 more information on the dead whale at Slack's Cove,
N.B., was on CBC Radio's "As It Happens". The whale was about 15
metres long, weighed perhaps 50 tonnes (about 1 tonne/foot of length)
and about as tall (wide) as a 5'7" man -- this was reported by
Rejean? LeBlanc. The local community is responsible for handling a
beached whale. He was unsure of the identity of the whale. It was
first noted on the beach on Saturday, June 28/08. They had decided
on a disposal plan for the big carcass, which wasn't very smelly
yet. They were to use two excavators plus a tractor-trailer truck,
then drag the whale up the beach and then into the woods, into a
large dug hole for burial.]
[Much later, on July 15/08, CBC Radio News had an item from Don
McAlpine of the N.B. Museum, who said that samples of baleen from the
whale proved that it was a SEI WHALE definitely. He said sei whales
are relatively rare in the Bay of Fundy (especially the upper Bay?)
and generally are found well offshore in open water. He said there
used to be whale fishery in the general area, and sei whales were
among the species harvested. I got the impression that other samples
had also been taken from that whale, which was found dead and beached
near Dorchester Cape, N.B., on June 28?/08.]
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b>I made =
some notes from various media broadcasts from July 1 to July 15/08, =
concerning the dead beached whale below. =A0This morning's news finally =
identified the whale as a sei whale. =A0JW</b></div><div =
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1, 2008 </b>-=A0CTV's/ATV's late news showed a <b>DEAD BALEEN =
WHALE</b><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> =
</span>on a shore <b>near Rockport, New Brunswick</b>, which is south =
from Sackville, N.B. across Cumberland Basin from Joggins, N.S.=A0 I =
missed parts of the news report, but I heard Tonya Wimmer quoted that it =
might be a <b>FIN WHALE</b> or a <b>SEI WHALE,</b> and that fin whales =
are a species at risk.=A0 I didn't hear how large or long the whale was, =
nor any speculation about how it died.=A0 A man said something about =
wounds from fishing nets??=A0 [The next day again on CBC Radio some man =
interviewed from Dieppe, N.B. (near Moncton) mentioned that they had =
been told it was a <b>FIN WHALE? {NO -- SEE BELOW]</b>.=A0 I assumed he =
was talking about the same whale.=A0 And he was saying there were plans =
to tow the whale up off the beach onto the land where it could be loaded =
onto a truck, to be taken somewhere for burial?]</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">[On July =
3/08 more information on the dead whale at Slack's Cove, N.B., was on =
CBC Radio's "As It Happens".=A0 The whale was about 15 metres long, =
weighed perhaps 50 tonnes (about 1 tonne/foot of length) and about as =
tall (wide) as a 5'7" man -- this was reported by Rejean? LeBlanc.=A0 =
The local community is responsible for handling a beached whale.=A0 He =
was unsure of the identity of the whale. =A0 It was first noted on the =
beach on Saturday, June 28/08.=A0 They had decided on a disposal plan =
for the big carcass, which wasn't very smelly yet.=A0 They were to use =
two excavators plus a tractor-trailer truck, then drag the whale up the =
beach and then into the woods, into a large dug hole for burial.]=A0 =A0 =
=A0</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">[Much later, on July 15/08, CBC Radio News had an item =
from Don McAlpine of the N.B. Museum, who said that samples of baleen =
from the whale proved that it was a <b>SEI WHALE</b> definitely.=A0 He =
said sei whales are relatively rare in the Bay of Fundy (especially the =
upper Bay?) and generally are found well offshore in open water.=A0 He =
said there used to be whale fishery in the general area, and sei whales =
were among the species harvested.=A0 I got the impression that other =
samples had also been taken from that whale, which was found dead and =
beached near Dorchester Cape, N.B., on June 28?/08.]</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers from =
Jim in Wolfville.</div><div><br></div>
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