She added that the whale could lose its pectoral fin because the rope is wound so tightly. It’s unclear when or where the whale became entangled, but ropes attached to crab and lobster gear ...

In captivity, whales breach the surface more often ... At those speeds, water creates a considerable force against the fin, which could keep the fin strong and upright. Captive whales don't ...

Fin whales are hunted by commercial whalers ... A humpback whale was seen breaching in California, the whale watching group said. Daniel Bianchetta Monterey Bay Whale Watch Along with those ...

The whale had distinctive scarring on its dorsal fin that indicated it may have had ... We also had a day where it was breaching, and we also saw it lunge feeding — when it comes up right ...

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

The accompanying Instagram post by Mark Girardeau highlights “the tragedy of yet another human-created problem” in the form of a commercial fishing rope running through the whale’s mouth and wound ...