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Photo of a man holding totoaba a vaquita caught in a net underneath.
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Vaquitas as Bycatch

 Gillnets used to catch totoaba accidentally catch vaquitas too. The vaquita’s...
Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.
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A Tale of a Right Whale

 Suspended at the center of the Sant Ocean Hall is a life-size model of a North...
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 15:58
A pile of bycatch species.
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A Net Full of Bycatch

 Bycatch, or accidentally caught species, can make up a very high percentage of the...
This is North Atlantic right whale #3333 who was spotted with fishing gear trailing from his mouth during an aerial survey off the coast of Georgia on January 29, 2008.
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Whale Entanglement

 This is North Atlantic right whale #3333 who was spotted with fishing gear trailing...
A team works to free a one-year-old right whale from fishing ropes wrapped and knotted around its body and flippers.
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Whale Rescue

 A team from the Center for Coastal Studies works to free a one-year-old right whale...
This whale is entangled in fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments.
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Fishing Gear Solutions

 This whale is entangled in fishing gear. Entangled whales often need human help to...