A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 44-foot dead whale across its bow, marine authorities said.
The whale, identified as an endangered sei whale, was caught on the ship's bow when it arrived at the Port of Brooklyn on Saturday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries spokesperson Andrea Gomez said. A necropsy conducted later confirmed the whale's species and determined that the creature was a mature female, said the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, a nonprofit organization that conducted the exam on an marine mammal.
"We immediately notified the relevant authorities, who are now conducting an examination of the whale," officials with the cruise line said in a statement.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of any marine life," the officials said, adding that the Geneva-based MSC Cruises follows all regulations designed to protect whales, such as altering itineraries in certain regions to avoid hitting the animals.
eXcelleNt- on May 10th, 2024 at 08:01 UTC »
Photo credit: Michael McKenna - The Marine Mammal Stranding Center (Bringantine, New Jersey, USA)
OppositeOfSanity on May 10th, 2024 at 09:19 UTC »
Seems to have been a tragic accident.
insanelobotomy on May 10th, 2024 at 09:49 UTC »
That's just really sad.