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Humpback whale dead after ferry crew reports collision off B.C. coast
A humpback whale has been found dead off the British Columbia coast after a ferry crew reported a collision.
BC Ferries says in a statement that the crew of the Northern Expedition reported hitting a whale on Wednesday in Wright Sound near Prince Rupert.
The statement says BC Ferries immediately reported the collision to federal authorities, the local First Nations and researchers, who then found a dead whale in the vicinity around 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
BC Ferries says Fisheries and Oceans Canada is going to co-ordinate a necropsy to find out why the whale died.
The 151-metre Northern Expedition was built in 2009 and has a capacity of 638 people and 115 cars.
The vessel is used to service BC Ferries’ northern routes involving open seas, including the service between Prince Rupert and Port Hardy, B.C.