Federal authorities say a rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear
This image provided by NOAA Fisheries shows scientists and researchers performing a necropsy on a North Atlantic right whale, which was found dead off Joseph Sylvia State Beach in January 2024, on Feb. 2, 2024, on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear, federal authorities said.in January.
The right whales number less than 360 and they have experienced high mortality in recent years. The death of the whale reignited a “Dying this way is a horrendous fate that no creature deserves, but it’ll happen again and again until we get these deadly fishing ropes out of the water," said Kristen Monsell, oceans legal director for the Center for Biological Diversity.
“The fact is we know that entanglement in Maine gear is extremely rare. This is the first reported entanglement of a right whale in Maine lobster gear in 20 years and the first death attributed to the fishery," the Maine Lobstermen’s Association said in a statement. “Maine lobstermen have made significant changes to how they fish over the last 25 years to avoid entanglement.”
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