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Article: Endangered Right Whale Calf Dead in Fla.
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- January 23, 2006
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01-23-2006
Dateline: JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla.
An endangered North Atlantic right whale calf was found dead Sunday off Florida's northeast coast, the second such death reported this month, officials said.
Fisheries biologists with the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration were towing the whale to shore, where a necropsy was scheduled Monday, said Kim Amendola, a NOAA Fisheries Service spokeswoman.
Recreational boaters reported the whale sighting to the U.S. Coast Guard around 10:30 a.m. about 16 miles off Jacksonville Beach, Amendola said.
Another right whale calf was reported dead off Jacksonville on Jan. 10, NOAA officials said.
Preliminary necropsy results indicate that ...