The NOAA Fisheries biologists made a preliminary determination that her injuries are a “morbidity,” or sublethal injury case. This was the younger male whale’s first entanglement ...
Biologists believe this entanglement is a sublethal injury. A North Atlantic right whale was documented with two lines exiting the left side of the mouth on December 9, 2024. (Source: NOAA ...
The other whale is an adult female who biologists think has suffered a sublethal injury from the entanglement, NOAA said. NOAA said in a statement Tuesday that it would “work with authorized ...
Agency biologists have preliminarily determined that she had a sublethal injury, meaning while the injury may not kill a whale, it can impede growth or reproduction. A third entangled whale was ...
Two endangered whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off Massachusetts, and one is likely to die from its injuries, the federal government said. They are North Atlantic right whales ...