A Deaf Whale Is A Deceased Whale

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, declared an “unusual mortality event” among humpback whales in January 2016 coincidentally with the start of the Block Island, Rhode Island wind turbine construction.

The whale deaths have coincidentally followed wind turbine construction all along the east coast. Massachusetts started wind turbine construction a few weeks ago. Two humpback whales washed up this week on Martha's Vineyard beaches as offshore wind construction started several weeks ago.

As more whales wash up this summer there will be a call for a 60-day moratorium on offshore installations as there has been in New York and New Jersey.

The effect of the high-intensity acoustic pulses and installing offshore wind monopoles could cause a whale to lose hearing. Whales make noise using clicking or frequencies to communicate, locate food, and find each other.

Basically, a deaf whale is a dead whale. The whales cannot navigate or communicate causing sickness and boat strikes. The U.S. Navy in 2002 concluded that it killed at least six whales in an accident involving common ship-based sonars.

Officials blame the whale deaths on ship strikes, fishing nets, and sickness but never the noise causing hearing loss from wind turbine construction. There are too many coincidences of whale deaths and offshore wind construction.
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Many Massachusetts research groups have partnered with the wind industry and that usually means a partner is being paid somehow to be a partner.

A total of 23 humpback whales that they know of have been stranded so far in 2023, including 5 in New York and 7 in New Jersey, in the vicinity of wind turbine construction. Martha's Vineyard now adds to the total.

Massachusetts readies for a Summer of whale deaths as offshore wind construction continues.

The headache of whale deaths couldn’t come at a worse time for the offshore wind industry, which in Massachusetts is already struggling to finance wind farms. Recently two offshore wind companies pulled out of their power purchase agreements due to inflation and profit margins.

Since offshore wind energy development began in 2016, the east coast has witnessed multiple whale deaths and dolphins running up on beaches to die – a severe uptick that is not a coincidence.