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An endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted entangled in fishing gear off the North Carolina coast on Dec. 16. Becoming entangled in fishing gear is one of the two leading causes of death ...
The whales number less than 360, and they face existential threats from entanglement in fishing gear and collisions with large ships. Feds announce funding push for ropeless fishing gear that ...
A 2012 analysis of the scarification of right whales over the years 1980 to 2009 showed that 82.9% of all North Atlantic right whales experienced at least one fishing gear entanglement, 59.0% have had more than one such experience, and an average of 15.5% of the population are entangled in fishing gear annually. [50]
A North American right whale entangled in fishing gear. Related: Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale Spotted Nursing Calf Near Cape Cod — See the Video! The second whale is an adult ...
A Dall's porpoise caught in a fishing net. Generally, cetacean bycatch is increasing. Most of the world's cetacean bycatch occurs in gillnet fisheries. [3] The mean annual bycatch in the U.S. alone from 1990 to 1999 was 6,215 marine mammals, with dolphins and porpoises being the primary cetaceans caught in gillnets. [3]
As more attention has been paid to the issue of whale entanglement with fishing gear, more records of entanglements are discovered. Here is a list of entanglements of North Pacific right whales in fishing gear: February 2015 – a young right whale became entangled in the ropes of a musselaquaculture operation in Korea.