A humpback whale was freed earlier this month from an entanglement that wildlife officials considered life-threatening in the Gulf of Alaska. The whale, a juvenile, was effectively "hog-tied" for at ...
PUGET SOUND, Wash. — Huge crowds are expected to line up to board the ferry system through the holiday, but the return of crab pots in the water could cause even more concerns. Buoy lines that mark ...
A young humpback whale entangled in heavy ropes and buoys and anchored by a 300-pound crab pot was successfully saved by Alaskan rescuers. Two local residents spotted the whale on 10 October near the ...
Manunauna, nicknamed Manu, trailing yellow crab pot buoys and a green satellite tag buoy. (Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries/Suzie Teerlink) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration biologists ...
Crew members Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund throw out line while setting crab pots off the Sonoma County coast. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It was a calm January morning, the ...
Two humpback whales are separately entangled in fishing and crab pot lines in the Juneau area, the National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska region reported Thursday. Officials are now seeking reported ...
Captain Carroll is careful to keep the Miss Kimberlyís crab pots out of the river channels, but even so, one of his operations largest expenditures is replacing lost pots. Some boaters take little ...
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Crab Pot Buoy Tag Replacement Advisory Board will meet via conference call at 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Feb. 20 to consider a request. The Advisory Board ...
A humpback whale was freed earlier this month from an entanglement that wildlife officials considered life-threatening in the Gulf of Alaska. The whale, a juvenile, was effectively "hog-tied" for at ...