At 10h20, Thursday, 06 July, the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers launched from the Port of Port Elizabeth aboard two NSRI Port Elizabeth sea rescue craft, Eikos Rescuer IV and Spirit of Surfski IV, following eye-witness reports of a whale spotted entangled in fishing rope lines in the vicinity of Willows, West of Cape Recife, about a nautical mile off-shore. On arrival on the scene a search commenced and during the search, about 5 nautical miles from the initial reported … [Read more...] about Whale freed amidst Algoa Bay ‘full of whales’
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Humpback whale assisted in disentanglement operation off Noordhoek
Just after 07h00, Tuesday, 09th August, the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers were activated following reports from a fishing boat involved in a fishing competition of a whale discovered to be entangled in rope, fishing lines and floatation buoys off-shore of Noordhoek Beach, Port Elizabeth. Private craft from the Noordhoek Ski-boat club launched to assist and the boat Blue Pearl stood by at the whale, a 10 meter Humpback whale, found approximately three quarters of a … [Read more...] about Humpback whale assisted in disentanglement operation off Noordhoek
