Whale entanglement - Boston
6/23/2016
A rescue team from the Center for Coastal Studies in Massachusetts this week successfully freed a whale that had become entangled in fishing rope.
Rescuers used a grappling hook to free a 60-foot fin whale caught in fishing gear in Stellwagen Bank. Fin whales are an endangered species.
The fishing gear had lodged in the mouth of the 60-foot fin whale, and a length of buoys was trailing 70 feet behind it, according to the Center for ...
BOSTON – Crews from the Provincetown based Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a nearly 60-foot-long fin whale Wednesday that was spotted ...
The entangled whale was reported by a tuna spotter pilot during his tuna search in the area. The pilot was able to stay with the while until the response ...
A team from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown disentangled a large fin whale on Stellwagen Bank, east of Boston, on Wednesday.
6/22/2016
The nearly 60-foot-long whale was spotted by a tuna spotter pilot swimming with a large loop of fishing rope and buoys lodged in its mouth on ...