Cetacean strandings since March 9

2025, March 9. Hong Kong, The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club. A male Finless porpoise. Length: 87 cm.

2025, March 9. Taiwan, Kaohsiung’s Keziliao Harbor. A three-meter cachalot (sperm whale) calf was stranded on the beach and later died.

2025, March 10. Egypt, Blumar Resort near Zaafarana in the Gulf of Suez. Dead female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), measuring 210 cm in length.

2025, March 11. Ireland, Bannow's coast. Dead dolphin.

2025, March 12. UK, River Forth, Torryburn Bay. Dead dolphin.

2025, March 12. USA, Delaware, Sussex County, Conquest Road at Delaware Seashore State Park. A 35-foot, 14-ton humpback whale washed ashore dead.

2025, March 12. Indonesia, Aceh, Pulau Island, Angkeo Beach. A large dead whale.

2025, March 13. Timor-Leste, Liquica. Large dead cachalot (sperm whale). Was seen in a distressed state before floating motionless.

2025, March 13. South Korea, Socheongdo Island in Ongjin-gun, Incheon. A large minke whale was found dead in a net in the northern sea of the West Sea. The cetacean was 7.5-meter-long 4.1 meters wide and weighed about 3 tons. The whale was located 13 kilometres south of the island where North Korea conducts illegal fishing including harpooning of cetaceans.

2025, March 14. Vietnam, Thach Hai commune, in the central city of Ha Tinh. A 100-kg, 1.5-meter-long, pygmy sperm whale was discovered a couple of hours ago. Whale worship is a long-standing tradition among Vietnamese fishermen, who believe the creatures' spirits offer protection at sea. It is customary for them to rescue stranded whales whenever possible and to hold burial and worship ceremonies for those that perish, often at whale temples.

2025, March 14. Mexico, Baja California Sur, Cerritos North Beach. Dead common dolphin.