NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement is investigating the death of a humpback whale that was brought into the port of Ketchikan, Alaska this morning.
At this time, NOAA Fisheries is coordinating to have the whale carcass towed to a nearby location.
Special agents, enforcement officers, and enforcement support staff from NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement routinely fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the trade in IUU fish products.