Fishing Gear Solutions

This whale is entangled in fishing gear. Entangled whales often need human help to break free from the fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments. The entangled whale is Piper, #2320 in the NARW catalog.

This whale is entangled in fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments.
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. Image taken under NOAA NMHSRP permit #932-1489, with the authority of the US Endangered Species Act Inset: Smithsonian Institution

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