Ocean disaster

On a mid-February evening last year, a group of people on a 54-foot recreational vessel going 20 knots in waters off St. Augustine became unfortunate players in the years-long effort to save North Atlantic right whales from extinction. About 4 p.m....

The corpse of a North Atlantic right whale lies beached on Anastasia Island in February 2021.
The corpse of a North Atlantic right whale lies beached on Anastasia Island in February 2021.

On a mid-February evening last year, a group of people on a 54-foot recreational vessel going 20 knots in waters off St. Augustine became unfortunate players in the years-long effort to save North Atl…