PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 1, 2023
Peaks Island residents discovered a dead whale on the shore Saturday morning. “It is a minke whale,” Sgt. Matt Wyman of the Maine Marine Patrol said. The agency is assisting Marine Mammals of Maine in getting to the island so officials can do sampling that will determine what happened to the whale. Threats to minke whales include vessel strikes, fishing gear entanglement, climate change and whaling.