Ivy the whale was spotted by Marine Discovery Penzance after it became stuck in lobster pot lines in Mount’s Bay, near the port of Newlyn.
A humpback whale caught in fishing rope was freed in a daring rescue by lifeboat volunteers off the coast of Cornwall.
“You know if they’re panting or breathing every minute that’s bad, but it’s breathing was fairly calm, but it was very stationary. So we don’t know how long it had been.”She said her team felt “helpless” as they were under strict instructions not to intervene because of the choppy conditions.
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