Submitted by morgaac on March 28, 2016 – 16:15 Interactions between the vertical line and the leading edge of a whale flipper model closest to the whale “body” resulted in significant damage to the flipper. Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
June 2016
Large Whale Entanglements | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Entanglement of large baleen whales, including the right (Eubalaena glacialis), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), sei (Balaenoptera borealis), Bryde’s (Balaenoptera brydei), minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) in fixed fishing gear (e.g. pot and gillnet) is a frequent occurrence along the east coast of the United States and Canada. For right and humpback whales, which have detailed […]