Fisheries and Oceans Canada is reporting a seventh dead whale in Eastern Canadian waters.
A recent aerial patrol east of Prince Edward Island identified the mammal as a fin whale.
DFO says the cause of death is unknown and an investigation is underway.
This comes after a recent announcement of six dead North Atlantic Right Whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
With our partners, collecting tissue of the dead #RightWhales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Our #1 priority is to determine cause of death pic.twitter.com/NjoYRthQdR
— DFO Gulf (@DFO_Gulf) June 23, 2017
Necropsies on the Right Whales began Thursday to determine a cause of death.
