Coastal News Today | HI - Entangled Humpback Whale Freed of Gear off Lahaina, Maui
The animal was entangled in small gauge line through its mouth and around its left pectoral flipper, which trailed as a pair of lines approximately 50 feet behind the whale. A team of responders made several cuts, removing most of the line; however, a small amount of gear could not be pulled from the whale’s mouth and remains on the whale. The recovered gear will be analyzed towards determining its possible origins and trying to reduce entanglement threat in the future. The response, coordinated by NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary working with and under the aut...
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