Record #:

8192

Author(s):

Harris, Jamie

Abstract:

According to the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, North Carolina has the highest number of strandings, per unit length of beach, of any state along the Atlantic coast. In 2004, one hundred and thirty-nine mammals stranded on the state's coastline. Harris reports on a stranding of thirty-three pilot whales on the beach in southern Nags Head on January 15, 2005.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Autumn 2006, p27-29, il

Subject(s):

Globicephala macrorhynchus; Marine mammals--Stranding