1.   Eric Claussen, of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, said the whales beached themselves again in rough water at nearby Crescent Head.

2.   In the report, the Navy said it will work to decrease the chance of causing whales to beach themselves as long as national security is not compromised.

3.   The DOC said in a statement that the whales beached themselves at high tide, and were believed too far up the beach to be refloated.

4.   The whale beached itself after swimming up on a rocky area, according to Ian Gray, an official with the institute.

5.   Two months ago, a dozen whales beached themselves in the Bahamas a day after the Navy used the intense sonar in exercises there.

6.   Two other whales beached themselves and died last month in the same province, the News said.