PORT HADLOCK, Wash. - At least one Washington state waterfront landowner has said yes to a request to allow dead gray whales to decompose on their property. So many gray whale carcasses have washed up this year that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries says it has run out of places to take them. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWThe federal agency said that about 30 whales have stranded on Washington’s coast this year, the most in two decades. On the U.S. West coast, about 70 whales have been found dead this year along California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, the most since 2000. Officials say the gray whale population remains strong at about 27,000.

Source: thestar June 15, 2019 15:18 UTC