A large adult dead fin whale was found floating near a pier at Port Metro Vancouver in Burrard Inlet this morning.
An investigation by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is underway, but preliminary findings indicate the whale was struck by the cruise ship vessel Seven Seas Navigator north of Vancouver Island and dragged into Vancouver harbour.
The whale was tethered to the pier after it was found. It has since been towed away to a Seaspan dock on the North Vancouver waterfront to allow officials to perform a necropsy. The results of the examination will be made available in two weeks.
In January, a dead gray whale was found rotting under Seattle’s Pier 48. A similar incident also occurred in 2009 when the Princess Cruise Lines’ Sapphire Princess pulled into the dock at Canada Place with a 16-metre long fin whale carcass wedged between the bow and hull of the vessel.
Cause of #whale death is not immediately apparent – team from DFO will conduct a necropsy this afternoon. #Burrard pic.twitter.com/IGNB0KiPSK
— DFO Pacific (@DFO_Pacific) May 11, 2015
Dead whale floating near dock adjacent to #Rogers Sugar in #Burrard Inlet. pic.twitter.com/KhOP2nLEG2
— Janet Brown (@JanetBrown980) May 11, 2015
Dead #whale now being pulled along by #Vancouver Police boat. pic.twitter.com/qCmRLNtWuP
— Janet Brown (@JanetBrown980) May 11, 2015
Dept of Fisheries and Oceans is examining the carcass of an endangered Fin whale in Vancouver’s harbour pic.twitter.com/MoQZ8nzmtn — Stu Mills (@StuMillsCBC) May 11, 2015
Baleen whale carcass now being dragged away by @DFO_MPO @GlobalBC @BC1 pic.twitter.com/xSBM0TSuuS
— John Hua (@JohnHua) May 11, 2015
DFO on scene to examine male fin whale carcass in Vancouver harbour #CBC pic.twitter.com/hOzNZDkP4n — Belle Puri (@BellePuri) May 11, 2015
Fishery officer now on scene where whale carcass washed ashore in #Vancouver. @CTVVancouver pic.twitter.com/hbXZgNUqB2
— Scott Hurst (@CTVScottHurst) May 11, 2015
DFO investigating after whale washes up in Burrard Inlet at Port Metro Vancouver. More to come… pic.twitter.com/y25TAZe0FX
— CTV Vancouver (@CTVVancouver) May 11, 2015
Dead whale spotted in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet – officials investigating the carcass of what appears to be a orca pic.twitter.com/UW5tJqBZi9 — Marine Connection (@MC_org) May 11, 2015
Whale came in on bow of a cruise ship Sunday – likely hit north of Vancouver Island #CBC pic.twitter.com/aLoA8uNBIy
— Belle Puri (@BellePuri) May 11, 2015
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