Report: 46 Whales Entangled in Fishing Gear off West Coast in 2018
NOAA has released their annual summary on West Coast whale entanglement, and according to the data, there were 46 whales entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast in 2018.
NOAA's Whale Entanglement Summary was created as a way to provide useful information and updates to those who are "engaged in efforts to understand and address the issue on the U.S. West Coast from the fishery management perspective." The Summary includes all known entanglements that occurred in U.S. territorial waters or nearby...
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