Rescuers on Wednesday were searching for a 30-foot-long gray whale with its tail entangled in a massive gill net last spotted off Northern California’s coast.
Tomorrow is a Weather Authority Alert Day for Jacksonville: Damaging wind gusts and strong to severe thunderstormsTechIn this aerial photo provided by Tony Corso Images, a 30-foot-long gray whale with its tail entangled in a massive gill net is seen off the coast of Pacifica, Calif., Tuesday, April 9, 2024. A team with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries is working on a rescue effort Wednesday with the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito.
“The team went out there yesterday and made some attempts but as the team approached, the animal became very reactive,” Viezbicke said. Kathi George, director of cetacean conservation biology at the Marine Mammal Center, said a rescue crew in Southern California couldn't disentangle the whale last month but the team was able to attach a satellite tag to the net to track it and two buoys to make it easier to spot the animal. But the tracker is no longer attached, she said.
"Our goal is to retrieve the gear that’s on the whale, so we can learn more about the entanglement and how it happened so, we could use that to inform risk reduction efforts,” she said.
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