Two more right whales found dead off east coast, bringing total to eight this year

Jul 19, 2019 | 1:39 PM

MONCTON, N.B. — Federal officials say two more dead North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the east coast, bringing to eight the number of the endangered whales to die this year in Canadian waters.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says one of the dead whales was first observed Thursday by an aerial surveillance flight drifting west of the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

It was relocated today by a vessel in the area, and a necropsy will take place Sunday.

Also today, the body of a second dead right whale was sighted off Glace Bay, N.S.