Whale trapped in 'ghost net' freed by divers off US coast
4 years, 8 months ago

Whale trapped in 'ghost net' freed by divers off US coast

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A rescue crew tried to untangle a humpback in Newport Beach. The whale has not been spotted since
3 weeks, 6 days ago

A rescue crew tried to untangle a humpback in Newport Beach. The whale has not been spotted since

LA Times  

Whale watchers noticed a rope wrapped around a humpback whale’s fin recently while the mammal was breaching the surface of the ocean. A rescue team dispatched to aid an entangled whale spotted in the waters off Newport Beach was unable to free the whale from a rope — and now the whale hasn’t been seen for days. Experts say that …

Young humpback whale freed from fishing tackle that had entangled its tail in Sydney Harbor
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Young humpback whale freed from fishing tackle that had entangled its tail in Sydney Harbor

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — A young humpback whale was freed from fishing tackle that had entangled its tail during an almost 24-hour rescue operation in Sydney Harbor. The juvenile whale immediately began swimming toward the Sydney Heads and the open Pacific Ocean after government wildlife rescuers removed the ropes late Friday morning, Macquarie University whale expert Vanessa Pirotta said. The reality …

Viral: Whale flips fishermen's boat, coast guard, good samaritans rush to rescue
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Viral: Whale flips fishermen's boat, coast guard, good samaritans rush to rescue

Hindustan Times  

Two fishermen are safe after a whale crashed onto their boat, capsizing it off the New Hampshire shore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard posted to X that they had received a mayday call stating that a 23-foot center console boat had turned over because of a whale breach. “The occupants were ejected from the vessel as …

Whale surfaces, capsizes fishing boat off New Hampshire coast
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Whale surfaces, capsizes fishing boat off New Hampshire coast

LA Times  

Two fishermen are safe after a whale crashed onto their boat, capsizing it off the New Hampshire shore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard posted to X that they had received a mayday call stating that a 23-foot center console boat had turned over because of a whale breach. “The occupants were ejected from the vessel as …

Entangled humpback whale is finally freed off Dana Point
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Entangled humpback whale is finally freed off Dana Point

LA Times  

A NOAA crew works Friday to free a young humpback whale off Dana Point that had become entangled in rope. For the next week, crews from the agency’s large whale entanglement response network made near-daily excursions to search for the injured whale, said Justin Viezbicke, the agency’s California marine mammal response stranding coordinator. NOAA estimated that the mammal had been …

Humpback whale entangled in 800kg of fishing equipment freed in Australia
6 months, 1 week ago

Humpback whale entangled in 800kg of fishing equipment freed in Australia

The Independent  

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Rescuers free humpback whale tangled in 800kg of rope and fishing gear off Gippsland coast
6 months, 1 week ago

Rescuers free humpback whale tangled in 800kg of rope and fishing gear off Gippsland coast

ABC  

A humpback whale, tangled in around 200 metres of rope and fishing buoys off the Gippsland coast, has been freed almost a week after it was first spotted. Major rescue operation Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action incident controller Ellen Dwyer said specialised whale disentanglement crews, including staff from DEECA, Victorian Fisheries Authority and Parks Victoria, attached a telemetry …

Over 100 pilot whales beached on western Australian coast have been rescued, officials say
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 100 pilot whales beached on western Australian coast have been rescued, officials say

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said. Ships and a spotter plane were monitoring the rescued whales in case they returned to shore, the Parks and Wildlife Service of Western Australia state regional wildlife officer Pia Courtis said. …

Entangled humpback whale caught in fishing rope dramatically freed by lifeboat volunteers
9 months ago

Entangled humpback whale caught in fishing rope dramatically freed by lifeboat volunteers

The Independent  

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Rare whale found dead off Massachusetts may have been entangled, authorities say
11 months, 1 week ago

Rare whale found dead off Massachusetts may have been entangled, authorities say

Associated Press  

A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from entanglement in fishing gear, which is one of the most pressing threats to the vanishing species, federal authorities said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was notified about the dead female North Atlantic right whale on Sunday off Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. “Due to the animal’s …

Huge whale washes up on Newquay beach as residents share heartbreak
1 year, 1 month ago

Huge whale washes up on Newquay beach as residents share heartbreak

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Young humpback whale tied to 300-pound crab pot freed by Alaska rescuers
1 year, 2 months ago

Young humpback whale tied to 300-pound crab pot freed by Alaska rescuers

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More than 50 whales dead on Australian beach after mysterious mass stranding
1 year, 5 months ago

More than 50 whales dead on Australian beach after mysterious mass stranding

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Humpback whale gets tangled in nets. Watch ‘extremely dangerous’ rescue operation
1 year, 6 months ago

Humpback whale gets tangled in nets. Watch ‘extremely dangerous’ rescue operation

Hindustan Times  

A video of a group of rescuers freeing a humpback whale tangled in nets has gone viral. Posted on the official Facebook page of Sea World in Australia’s Gold Coast, the video shows how the rescuers reached the whale by boat to help it. “Head on-board with the Sea World Foundation team as they joined the Queensland Fisheries MART agencies …

Humpback whale found on beach died after entanglement in creel lines, tests show
1 year, 8 months ago

Humpback whale found on beach died after entanglement in creel lines, tests show

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Officials: Whale found dead in NJ likely struck by vessel
1 year, 11 months ago

Officials: Whale found dead in NJ likely struck by vessel

Associated Press  

BRIGANTINE, N.J. — Marine animal welfare officials say the most recent whale found dead on a New Jersey shoreline had apparently been struck by a vessel. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said Sunday that preliminary results of a necropsy on the humpback whale that washed up Thursday on the North End Natural Area in Brigantine indicates that the animal had …

Paralysed humpback whale spotted off Hawaii deteriorating slowly as it swims
2 years, 1 month ago

Paralysed humpback whale spotted off Hawaii deteriorating slowly as it swims

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Humpback whale found tangled in fishing ropes
2 years, 2 months ago

Humpback whale found tangled in fishing ropes

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Whale carcasses towed out to sea after mass stranding on Tasmania's west coast
2 years, 3 months ago

Whale carcasses towed out to sea after mass stranding on Tasmania's west coast

ABC  

Days after more than 200 whales became stranded on a remote beach on Tasmania's west coast, authorities have completed the mammoth task of towing the carcasses out to deep water. Key points: The whale carcasses have been tied to longlines and towed out to sea by boats owned and operated by fish farms in the area A small number remain …

Humpback whale that ‘thanked’ rescuers who freed it from illegal net dies after beaching week later
2 years, 7 months ago

Humpback whale that ‘thanked’ rescuers who freed it from illegal net dies after beaching week later

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Rare humpback whale freed from net signals ‘thank you’ to rescuers
2 years, 7 months ago

Rare humpback whale freed from net signals ‘thank you’ to rescuers

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Rescue attempts fail to save beached baby whale on the Gold Coast
3 years, 5 months ago

Rescue attempts fail to save beached baby whale on the Gold Coast

ABC  

A baby humpback whale has been euthanased after it beached itself multiples times at Kirra on the Gold Coast. Key points: Beachgoers and a Sea World team attempted to rescue a baby whale stranded at Kirra Beach Without its mother's support the whale was unlikely to survive There appeared to be numerous bite marks or cuts on the whale About …

Lobster diver survives being swallowed and spat out by humpback whale
3 years, 6 months ago

Lobster diver survives being swallowed and spat out by humpback whale

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Australian man crushed by whale in freak accident
3 years, 7 months ago

Australian man crushed by whale in freak accident

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Australian Police Rescue Young Humpback Whale Entangled in Fishing Nets Off Sydney Coast
3 years, 7 months ago

Australian Police Rescue Young Humpback Whale Entangled in Fishing Nets Off Sydney Coast

News 18  

Australian marine police cut free a juvenile humpback whale entrapped in fishing ropes and buoys off the coast of Sydney late on Sunday. “The whale appeared to have fish netting wrapped around it with a couple of floating buoys,” Police Superintendent Brad Monk told media on Monday. The whale appeared in distress.” Humpback whales migrate north from the cold Antarctic …

A whale carcass was towed to sea in San Diego. Now it’s back, rotting on an O.C. beach
3 years, 7 months ago

A whale carcass was towed to sea in San Diego. Now it’s back, rotting on an O.C. beach

LA Times  

Scientists from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach take samples and study an endangered fin whale that washed up at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach. “It seems to be a mystical ambiance of just, ‘Wow, it’s so huge.’” The dead whale was first discovered May 8 after the Australian Royal Navy’s HMAS Sydney berthed at Naval …

More than a dozen whales found dead on New Zealand beach
4 years, 2 months ago

More than a dozen whales found dead on New Zealand beach

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Pleas for killer whales to have more space after spate of harassments
4 years, 3 months ago

Pleas for killer whales to have more space after spate of harassments

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Hundreds more pilot whales found stranded on Australian coast
4 years, 3 months ago

Hundreds more pilot whales found stranded on Australian coast

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Mass stranding of pilot whales off Tasmania's West Coast could have occurred after a small number were led astray
4 years, 3 months ago

Mass stranding of pilot whales off Tasmania's West Coast could have occurred after a small number were led astray

ABC  

The beaching of a pod of whales off Tasmania's West Coast could have been caused by one or two whales going astray, a wildlife biologist says. Key points: The whales became stranded on a sandbar on Tasmania's West Coast yesterday The rescue effort is likely to take days, authorities say The stranding is one of the "trickiest" rescue teams in …

Dead minke whales found tangled in fishing nets off Yorkshire coast
4 years, 3 months ago

Dead minke whales found tangled in fishing nets off Yorkshire coast

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Rescuers struggle to free sperm whale from net off Sicilian coast
4 years, 5 months ago

Rescuers struggle to free sperm whale from net off Sicilian coast

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Whale found dead with 100kg ‘litter ball’ in stomach
5 years, 1 month ago

Whale found dead with 100kg ‘litter ball’ in stomach

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Tangled whale off Sydney coast dragged netting from Queensland
5 years, 3 months ago

Tangled whale off Sydney coast dragged netting from Queensland

ABC  

A young humpback whale spotted struggling down the NSW coast had dragged the shark net it was stuck in all the way from Queensland, environmental groups say. Key points: It is believed the shark nets were collected from Queensland on September 29 Rescuers had managed to free the whale just just before 11:00am About 30,000 whales, plus newborn calves, migrate …

Baby whale rescued off Sunshine Coast after becoming trapped in nets
5 years, 3 months ago

Baby whale rescued off Sunshine Coast after becoming trapped in nets

ABC  

A baby humpback whale has been rescued from shark nets off Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Key points: The humpback's mother was alongside its baby as the rescue effort unfolded A fisheries officer says it appeared the mother sensed they were there to help There have been 55 whales caught in shark nets since 2006 The whale was caught in …

Whales saved by dozens of beachgoers after being washed ashore in Georgia
5 years, 5 months ago

Whales saved by dozens of beachgoers after being washed ashore in Georgia

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Humpback whale narrowly misses fishing boat as it bursts from water
5 years, 7 months ago

Humpback whale narrowly misses fishing boat as it bursts from water

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Humpback whale freed after becoming caught in fishing ropes off Port Elliot coast
5 years, 9 months ago

Humpback whale freed after becoming caught in fishing ropes off Port Elliot coast

ABC  

A 10-metre humpback whale that became tangled in fishing ropes off the South Australian coast has now been set free after a delicate rescue operation that lasted several hours. Key points: Initial reports said a humpback whale was tangled in craypot ropes near Chiton Rocks A local whale expert said it was likely "distressed and exhausted" An exclusion zone was …

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