Another Whale Freed From Entanglement In Fishing Gear

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this week that “The cloud,” a 15-year-old male North Atlantic Right Whalewas spotted off the coast of Georgia entangled in a fishing net.

A rescue team led by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was able to remove most of the fishing gear, about 375 feet/114 meters of which was passing through the whale’s mouth and dragging hundreds of feet behind its flukes, according to NOAA.

“Only a short segment of rope remained in the whale’s mouth and, based on similar previous incidents, responders are optimistic that it will dislodge on its own. NOAA Fisheries will examine the removed rope to determine its origin, if possible.”

Gib Brogancampaign director at Oceanasaid in a statement:

“Several critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are suffering today because of a preventable human cause: painful entanglement in fishing gear. This is beyond frustrating and predictable. At this point, it feels like a broken record to point out what we already know: fishing ropes are a constant threat to this critically endangered species. When a North Atlantic right whale becomes entangled in fishing gear, it slowly suffers from exhaustion, lacerations to its body, and suffocation – it’s a violent and painful experience that often leads to death. Although Nimbus was able to be disentangled, this week’s news shows the appalling effect of human actions on whales. With ineffective regulations for entanglements and boat traffic, North Atlantic right whales will not survive without decisive action.”

John Liang

John Lianghttps://www.deeperblue.com/

John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first got the diving bug while in High School in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his PADI Open Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, among white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and other places including a pool in Las Vegas helping to break the world record for the largest underwater press conference.

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