The young whale entangled in fishing gear is seen on June 30 off of Shippagan, N.B. The Campobello Whale Rescue Team (CWRT) will attempt the disentanglement again after the one-and-a-half-year-old travelled into the St. Lawrence Estuary.
A young whale first observed on June 22 off of New Brunswick has dragged fishing gear that’s stuck in its pectoral fins and mouth into the St. Lawrence Estuary. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada is co-ordinating a follow-up operation to help the whale.The young whale entangled in fishing gear is seen on June 30 off of Shippagan, N.B. The Campobello Whale Rescue Team will attempt the disentanglement again after the one-and-a-half-year-old travelled into the St. Lawrence Estuary.
Back in June, it was already entangled in fishing gear. During multiple attempts to cut it free of its ropes, The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada is co-ordinating a follow-up operation to help the whale and a team from the Campobello Whale Rescue Team will attempt the disentanglement.According to observation reports from DFO air crews on July 8, the animal is swimming at a good pace and moving along the surface of the water.The faster we can free this animal, the better are the chances," said Robert Michaud, co-ordinator for the"It's a complex case.
"They used to be in large concentration in the Atlantic, and in the 2010s and on they moved inside the Gulf of Saint Lawrence," said Michaud.
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