Whale found dead off New England entangled in Maine fishing rope
The whale was found off Martha's Vineyard in January, months after entanglement was first noticed
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The whale was found off Martha's Vineyard in January, months after entanglement was first noticed
“Once she (the whale) realized she was free, she made a beeline for her calf,” a rescuer told news outlets.
A specialist disentanglement crew has freed a whale entangled off the NSW Central Coast. It is the second whale to be entangled off NSW in the past week.
An entangled yearling humpback whale was freed of gear by a NOAA-led team of trained responders off Ukumehame, Maui on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2022.
Conservationists have pushed for improved protections for humpback whales along migration routes after a young whale was caught in fishing gear in the Antarctic. A researcher noticed that fishing gear and a number of buoys were entangled all over the whale's fluke (tail), where they were injuring and cutting its skin.