Mariners urged to avoid whale carcass off Jones Beach Inlet

By Joan Grallajoan.gralla@newsday.com JoanGrallaAugust 23, 2017

Mariners were urged Wednesday to avoid a large whale carcass last seen drifting about 6.5 nautical miles southeast of Jones Beach Inlet.

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Bradley Nelson said the whale was first reported by a passing tanker shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Rachel Bosworth, spokeswoman for the Hampton Bays-based Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, urged anyone who sees the carcass to report its location.

The group conducts necropsies to determine the cause of death.

By Joan Gralla and Ted Phillips

joan.gralla@newsday.com JoanGralla

Joan Gralla is a general assignment reporter who also covers parks, flood control and Holocaust restitution. She's a former Reuters correspondent who covered politics, economics and markets.

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