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1 February 2018 / NOAA Fisheries
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2017-2018 Minke Whale Unusual Mortality Event along the Atlantic Coast | NOAA Fisheries

Since January 2017, elevated minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) mortalities have occurred along the Atlantic coast from Maine through South Carolina.

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This event has been declared an Unusual Mortality Event (UME).
Photo: Atlantic Marine Conservation Society