The Minke whale that washed up on Cavendish beach recently has been given a special burial.

From CBC:
A dead whale that washed up on P.E.I. has been laid to rest in a unique burial place.

Environment officials have buried the remains of an eight-metre-long female minke whale in a huge compost pit.

"The thought process is to just see how they compost and what's left after the compost procedure," said wildlife biologist Chuck Gallison.

The burial pit is in a field in St. Andrews, approximately 25 kilometres northeast of Charlottetown. The pit contains straw and manure, and underground pipes will help a team control oxygen and temperature levels. The hope is that the whale flesh will melt away, and the bones will remain — clean and whole.
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P.E.I. whale gets special burial
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/07/29/pei-whale...

The Guardian Newspaper is reporting a Minke whale has washed up on Cavendish beach. It's not reported in the article, but i think i heard that this is the third Minke whale to wash up on PEI shores this summer.

From Guardian Newspaper:
An eight-metre female minke whale that was found dead ashore in Cavendish Beach this week was transported and buried Wednesday.

The beached whale was reported to Parks Canada at about 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Minke whale washes up on Cavendish beach
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2010-07-28/article-1629087/Minke...

Here is a CBC report of a Minke whale washing up back in June. I cannot find references to a third whale washing up..

Whale found dead on P.E.I. beach
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/06/16/pei-pilot...

A followup CBC article about this whale points the finger to fishing gear as a possible reason for the whale death.

Whale death blamed on fishing gear
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/06/29/pei-whale...

The Charlottetown sewer system is in some serious need of upgrading, as once again the harbor has been closed to shellfish harvesting. The city is blaming heavy rains which overwhelm the system and cause overflow to be released directly into the harbor. I don't think that a normal day of rain should cause this, but apparently it is. I believe it is a good idea that CFIA does this monitoring and close areas when necessary. Hopefully, this will encourage Charlottetown to update the sewer system.

From CBC:
A sewage overflow this week into the Charlottetown Harbour again closed sections of the West and North rivers popular for shellfishing.

The season for fishing quahog, a type of clam, opened last week on Prince Edward Island, but a two-kilometre section of West River has been off limits most of the summer.

That has left quahog fishermen scrambling to find alternate locations to catch the mollusks.

"The No. 1 priority is food safety," said John White of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. "We want to make sure that whatever shellfish is being harvested is not going to make anyone ill."

Sewage stops shellfishing again
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/07/23/pe-shellf...

In a troubling discovery, DFO is encountering greater numbers of green crab in eastern waters of PEI.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/07/22/pei-green...