""As we're seeing gray whales entering the bay, it's hard to predict whether this year will be a repeat, both in terms of sightings and strandings," Giancarlo Rulli, a spokesperson for the Marine Mammal Center, told SFGATE."
""Their diagnosis, based on clear injuries, was that a vessel killed her," according to the Marine Mammal Center, referring to the first dead gray whale recovered on March 17."
""On March 25, experts found a male gray whale decomposing under pilings at the Phillips 66 Refinery in Rodeo; it's still lodged there.""
""On Sunday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard discovered yet another dead gray whale bobbing off Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor; federal first responders are taking it to Angel Island for a necropsy.""
Four gray whales have washed up dead in San Francisco Bay over the past two weeks, with six others still in the area. An adult female was killed by a vessel in mid-March, marking the first fatality of 2026. Local biologists reported three additional whales in various locations, but their causes of death remain undetermined. The Eastern North Pacific gray whale population is experiencing dramatic declines, and experts are uncertain if this year will see similar strandings as last year.
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