As early as this week, federal fisheries regulators are expected to propose a new rule so North Atlantic right whales, humpbacks and fin whales will be less likely to get entangled in vertical fishing lines. A team of commercial fishermen,… Read More ›
Entangled Sealife
Mexico’s Only Endemic Cetacean’s Survival Challenged
The vaquita is the smallest porpoise species in the world, reaching a maximum length of just 1.5 metres, and is the only cetacean endemic to Mexico, being found only in the upper Gulf of California. Sadly, it also has the… Read More ›
Search on for Entangled Fin Whale in Canadian Waters
June 7, 2013 Marine mammal experts are trying to find a whale in distress in the St. Lawrence River near Tadoussac, Que. Tour operators reporting sighting the fin whale entangled in crab-fishing gear yesterday. The whale, a female nicknamed Captain… Read More ›
West Australian Lobster Industry To Reduce Entanglement
The western rock lobster industry has had its export licence extended for two years on the condition it takes further steps to reduce whale entanglements. Three whales have been reported as tangled in fishing gear this year on Western Australia’s… Read More ›
Boaters Discover Entangled Shark in Cape Cod
CAPE COD — The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown (CCS) disentangled a large basking shark in Cape Cod Bay yesterday. This was the first confirmed entanglement report in the region… Read More ›
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