A necropsy is being performed Sunday on a minke whale that washed up on the shores of Grand Manan Island, N.B., making it the second minke whale found dead in the Fundy Isles in less than one month. Too early to draw conclusionsWimmer said it's too early to draw any conclusions or trends from the death of the minke whales. A minke whale was found dead earlier this month off Campobello Island. (Island Quest Whale Watching)Wimmer said it's not fair to compare the deaths of the minke whales to the deaths of the North Atlantic right whales as the number of right whale deaths was more extreme and the overall population was lower. While North Atlantic right whales are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the common minke whale is listed as "least concern."

Source: CBC News September 30, 2018 15:11 UTC