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Officials from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center aid a minke whale that stranded in the Barnegat Bay earlier this week.A minke whale that became stranded twice in Barnegat Bay on consecutive days has been rescued and was last seen swimming freely on Tuesday evening, officials said.
The stranding center first learned of the whale on Sunday when it got a report of the minke stranded on a sandbar in shallow water on the northwest side of Conklin Island along the Barnegat Bay west of Long Beach Island. A stranding center official walked the whale three-fourths of a mile into deeper water, where it rested at the surface. Officials watched the whale until dusk Monday, noting it lowered its tail to anchor itself in position.The stranding center officials returned Tuesday and saw it resting in shallow water in the same area. The center plans to continue monitoring the whale with the assistance of the U.S. Coast Guard.
The public is asked to stay at least 300 feet from the whale and report sightings to the MMSC’s 24-hour hotline at 609-266-0538.
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