Dead whale found in Saudi Arabia beach

 The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture discovered the body of a humpback whale on the shore of Al-Qahmah Center Beach in Asir last Saturday, ArabNews reported.

 Ali Hamdi, The Director of the Fisheries Branch in Al-Qahmah said : “Immediately after we received a notification from the border guards about spotting a dead marine animal at the Al-Qahmah Center, five km away from the fishermen’s shore inside the sea, our field teams were dispersed to explore the spot and what sort of animal it was, as well as the cause of its death.”He added: “We detected the species was a humpback whale, one of the largest marine organisms in the oceans,

with its grown-ups extending long from 12 to 16m and a boundary of somewhere in the range of 4 and 6m. This particular whale is of the baleen species and can regularly be found in the Red Sea. 

Hamdi said that the whales enter the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf by swimming by the substantial boats and tankers coming in through the sea, frequently losing their way there and choking through dry spell and the sweltering climate, or smashing against one of the motors of the vast oil tankers. 

A prompt board of trustees of outskirt watchmen and fisheries, alongside work force from the region of Al-Qahmah, was framed to dispose of the body by covering it as per the masters in the fishery, around 10 meters from the shoreline and the parks. 

The hunchback whale is known to weigh somewhere in the range of 20 and 30 tons, and is likewise inclined to taking to a great degree long excursions crosswise over seas. It is one of the marine animal varieties that is acclaimed for its significant lots of fasting, continuing for a considerable length of time amid the hibernation season. 

On Monday, the Red Sea Development Company declared that it was framing a warning board to help create plans for ecological security, rebuilding of characteristic assets and to help extend the tourism division by building up an extravagant spot for admirers of nature and experience. 

The Environmental Affairs at the General Authority of Meteorology and Environmental Protection is additionally taking a shot at marine-accommodating activities, checking nature and averting water contamination.