A cetacean “
with a length of 15/20 meters
” was found on Friday afternoon September 2 on the island of Sein, off the coast of Finistère, we learned from the maritime prefecture of the Atlantic.
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Around 2:30 p.m., the Regional Operational Center for Surveillance and Rescue (CROSS) Corsen "
was informed by an individual of the presence of a cetacean of 15/20 meters stranded
" in the south of the island of Sein, indicated to the AFP the maritime prefecture.
The firefighters went to the scene and the Pelagis observatory specializing in marine mammals as well as the Departmental Directorate of Territories and the Sea (DDTM) were informed.
“
The reasons for this stranding are at this stage unknown.
“Said the prefecture on Twitter, with a photo of the stranded cetacean, which could be a fin whale according to a specialist contacted by AFP.
Strandings of cetaceans of this size are relatively rare on the French coasts.
In November 2021, a 19-meter, fifteen-tonne fin whale ran aground in the port of Calais after being injured.