Deceased, young dolphin found along Broadkill
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Dead Unknown Dolphin, Sex Unknown, Stranded Dead, Brigantine, New Jersey, 4/15/2026, FRESH DEAD, LIGHTLY
SCAVENGED, CARCASS
PUSHED BACK INTO WATER
BY FISHERMAN BEFORE
MMSC STAFF ARRIVED TO
EXAMINE IT, CARCASS
COULD NOT BE RELOCATED,
No Results Pending
Dead Sei Whale, Adult Male, Stranded Dead, Jersey City, New Jersey, 4/9/2026, MODERATELY
DECOMPOSED,
BLOATEDLARGE GASH ON
DORSAL PORTION OF BODY,
SEVERAL ABRASIONS ON
LEFT SIDE OF BODY.
4/16/2026 TOWED TO JONES
BEACH NY FOR NECROPSY
AND DISPOSAL.
Dead Bottlenose Dolphin, Adult Male, Stranded Dead, Island Beach State Park, NJ, 4/5/2026, SMALL ABRASION ON TIP OF
ROSTRUM, NUMEROUS
TOOTH RAKES ON BODY, NO
SIGNIFICANT INJURIES OR
OBVIOUS COD, TAKEN TO
NJAHDL FOR NECROPSY, RESULTS PENDING
Dead Humpback Whale, Subadult Female, Stranded Dead, Sandy Hook, NJ 4/1/2026, TONGUE BLOATED AND
PROTRUDING FROM MOUTH,
HEALED SCARS ON TAIL
LIKELY FROM PREVIOUS
ENTANGLEMENT, GOOD OVERALL BODY CONDITION, EVIDENCE OF
BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA FOUND UPON INTERNAL
EXAM,
Dead Harbor Porpoise, Subadult Unknown, Stranded Dead, Sayreville, NJ, 3/30/2026, SEVERELY DECOMPOSED,
MODERATELY SCAVENGED,
NO OBVIOUS COD,
MEASURED AND DISPOSED
OF BY MMSC VOLUNTEERS
Dead Common Dolphin, Adult Male, Stranded Alive, Died Before MMSC Staff Arrived, Beach Haven, NJ, 3/30/2026,
SOME SUPERFICIAL
ABRASIONS ON BODY, NO
OBVIOUS SIGNS OF
SIGNIFICANT INJURY OR
ILLNESS, TAKEN TO NJAHDL
FOR NECROPSY, Results Pending
Dead Bottlenose Dolphin, Adult Male, Stranded Dead, Little Egg Harbor, NJ, 2/24/2026, SEVERELY DECOMPOSED,
NO OBVIOUS COD, ~50% OF
SKIN MISSING, BLOATED
AND LIGHTLY SCAVENGED,
LEFT ON SITE DUE TO SIZE
AND REMOTE LOCATION.
Dead Fin Whale, Subadult Male, Stranded Dead, Barnegat Light, NJ, 2/20/2026, Moderately Decomposed, Thin Body Condition, Old Entanglement Scar At Base Of Tail,Bruising Evident On Left Side Of Body, No Broken Bones Observed, Internal Organs Heavily Autolyzed, Stomach N Intestine
Dead Common Dolphin, Adult Female, Stranded Alive, Died While Being Loaded Into Rescue Vehicle, Lavallette, NJ, 1/21/2026, Animal Stranded Alive On Beach With High Respiration Rate N Audible “Gurgling” Heard During Breaths. Thin Body Condition. Results Pending
Necropsy confirms dead whale found in Newark Bay was a 44-foot endangered sei whale
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Dead whale washes ashore at Jersey Shore beach
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40-foot whale washes up on Rockaway Beach
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