A gray whale that washed up dead on a Fox Island beach was likely struck by a ship, according to biologists with Cascadia Research and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). The whale washed up on the beach southwest of Gig Harbor on April 1. Biologists were able to move the whale to a remote location on April 3 to conduct a more thorough examination of the whale's body. They found the whale was killed by blunt-force trauma which likely resulted from being struck by a vessel. The whale was also in "poor nutritional condition," which potentially made it more vulnerable to being hit by a ship and likely was the reason it was in Puget Sound. Read the full story: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/gray-whale-likely-killed-vessel-strike-fox-island/281-14dafe4e-1f3e-4573-b0b9-46e7052256d3