Last year, there were 36 whales entangled with commercial fishing gear off the coasts of Oregon, Washington and California, or found entangled with West Coast fishing gear off the coasts of other ...
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a fleet advisory for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in all waters off Oregon, highlighting an increasing number of whale entanglements. The ...
THE NUMBER OF LARGE WHALE entanglements off U.S. coasts jumped sharply in 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last week. NOAA confirmed 95 cases last year, a 48% ...