Conservation expert: Speculation on whale deaths jumps the shark. | Opinion
As seen in the Star-Ledger 1/16/23 Researchers and authorities perform a necropsy examination on a female humpback whale in Brigantine on Jan. 15, 2023. The whale is the 7th to wash shore in New Jersey or New York since early December. (Photo by Michael McKenna of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center) Conservation expert: Speculation on whale deaths jumps the shark. | Opinion By South Jersey Times Guest Columnist By Capt. Paul Eidman As a professional captain and owner-operator of a recreational fishing charter business in New Jersey, my clients and I are often lucky to come across whales, dolphins, turtles, and other marine life. On several occasions out at sea, I have even been lucky enough to be sitting still fishing, with the engine off. I have had these enormous humpbacks curiously swim right up to my boat, raise a pectoral flipper up next to my gunwale and look me in the eye. These experiences are as memorable as fishing, if not more so, and will remain with me foreve