Sonar-strandings link not found. From: Daily News (Jacksonville, NC) | Date: March 30, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Patricia Smith

Mar. 30--A team of experts regarding marine mammals could find no definite link between the use of Navy sonar and stranded whales last year along the North Carolina Outer Banks. A final necropsy report released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration did not identify any single cause as responsible for the deaths of 33 pilot whales, two dwarf sperm whales and one minke whale over a two-day period in January 2005. "Overall, the cause of the event is not and likely will not be known," said Aleta Hohn, NOAA Fisheries' lead ...

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