Vibes to the brave US and Canadian crews on their way to save 3 north atlantic

[applegrove]

Last edited Tue Jul 9, 2019, 02:24 AM - Edit history (2)

right whales who are swimming around tangled in fishing nets and ropes. They are in the gulf of the St Lawrence flying around looking for the three right now. Then the zodiac boats go out. I don't know how many or if they are getting crews from the US for that too. One zodiac boat rescuer was killed by a whale trying to untangle a northern right whale the year before last. Very brave. You could be killed by a benign move from a tail or even a fin not to mention the body of a whale.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5203457

[emmaverybo]

1. May these brave guardians be safe. Godspeed. NT

[Maru Kitteh]

2. May every last animal, human and other, find their way home at the end.

[Thekaspervote]

3. Be safe all you brave animal rescuers

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. This planet of ours is really f'ed up.

[UniteFightBack]

5. There are good people in this world.

[spanone]

6. K&R...

[Raine]

7. Positive thoughts to all of them! nt

[FakeNoose]

8. If only they could tranqualize the whales before they tried to untangle them

The hardest part is that the animals are so scared, and they don't realize that people are trying to help them. If the rescuers could shoot tranqualizers maybe the whales would lie still for a short time. It is a brave thing they're trying to do.

[applegrove]

11. I can't imagine how they would stay afloat if they could not use their tails.

Rescuers will be very careful. Maybe they have the extendable shears one uses to cut branches high up in the garden.

[Karadeniz]

9. All the best to these good souls. Gods protect them.

[Mendocino]

10. Whales wouldn't need to be rescued

if consumers didn't eat fish.

[rwsanders]

12. It is more the lobster and other creatures that are captured by stationary traps that are the

problem for the right whales. They have long lines between traps and lines that run up to buoys on the surface.
There is research into new kinds of gear that is whale friendly, like traps that would release buoys in response to an acoustic signal.

Not to give absolution to the rest of the industry, where strip mining the bottom and over fishing schools of fish, and even harvesting fish that are lower in the food chain for protein for pet food is common, but not as much of an issue for the right whales.

I just wish someone would finally propose a better common name for them. Makes me a bit uneasy every time I read or write "right whale". We went from Killer Whales to Orcas, the genus is Eubalaena, so could we call them Ubies?

[applegrove]

14. Thanks for the information. Yes lots of lobster fishing in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

[rwsanders]

15. A couple of short articles with good graphics

http://www.protectrightwhales.com/entanglement

https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/whale-safe-fishing-gear/

[applegrove]

16. Thanks. Important stuff to know.

[Mendocino]

17. It's a wonder

that whales can survive at all. I've seen huge masses of discarded nets and long lines.

[Bayard]

13. People like this...

May be the only reason some species survive. Good on them, and much thanks.

[Beringia]

18. Update - on Thu, July 11, they freed 1 Right Whale

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/north-atlantic-right-whale-entanglements-1.5209314

A rescue team in New Brunswick freed one of three entangled North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this week. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said right whale No. 4423 was spotted around 10 a.m. local time on Thursday during an aerial surveillance flight by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Campobello Whale Rescue team removed fishing gear that kept the whale from using its tail when diving.

[applegrove]

19. Thanks for the update.