Deaths of six right whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence still a mystery: officials
MONCTON, N.B. — Experts are preparing for the massive, messy task of removing multiple dead whales from the sea for necropsies as they investigate at least six mysterious whale deaths in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The North Atlantic right whale carcasses were all spotted floating near Quebec’s Magdalen Islands, a small archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence north of P.E.I. and Cape Breton.
Isabelle Elliott of the federal Fisheries Department said investigators need to find a location where they can haul the massive mammals to shore for a post-mortem examination, and are talking with a number of provinces.
“They (need) an area that is accessible by heavy equipment,” she said Monday during a news conference in Moncton.