
Blue Whale Spotted Tangled in Fishing Line Off California May Now Be in Mexico
Earlier footage of the whale noticed off California:
Sept 7 (Reuters) – A blue whale that was noticed final week entangled in fishing wire off the Southern California coast may need moved a whole bunch of miles south to Mexico, nonetheless towing a line and a crimson buoy, officers mentioned on Monday.
The U.S. Coast Guard mentioned a vessel reported seeing a blue whale tangled in fishing line close to the Coronado Islands, off the coast of Mexico simply south of the California border, in accordance with Jim Milbury, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“We believe this is the same whale that was entangled off Palos Verdes,” Milbury mentioned. “The description fits.”
Last week, a blue whale was seen towing a whole bunch of ft of wire with a buoy connected close to the coast of the upscale seaside group of Rancho Palos Verdes, south of Los Angeles.
Whale watching ships have been dispatched Sunday to search for the huge mammal and try to free it from the tethers, which may finally weaken or kill it, NOAA mentioned.
NOAA officers would be capable to reply to the whale if it strikes again into U.S. waters, Milbury mentioned. Mexican rescue groups have been contacted, he mentioned.
Blue whales, the most important mammals on Earth, can attain almost 100 ft (30.3 metres) in size and weigh 190 tonnes. They have been as soon as pushed to close extinction by whaling.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015.
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