disentanglement

Hi Alan, At 14h40 on the 28th of July 2104, I received a call from Irene Rule of Blue Horizon Bay telling me that I was about to go to sea! One of the residents of Maitland's Hill, Andre, had reported an entangled whale about 1km offshore from the river mouth. Armed with my binoculars I raced to the scene. Sure enough there it bobbed, ensnared in a length of 20mm nylon rope with two yellow buoys in tow. I first called the Bayworld head of marine mammals Greg Hofmeyer and discussed a plan of … [Read more...] about Humpback whale release, Maitland’s River Mouth