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North Sea whale death raises by-catch safety fears
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image captionHumpy the humpback whale washed up dead on the beach at Blyth
The recent death of a humpback whale off the Northumberland coast has raised interest in and concerns for the marine mammals in the North Sea. With the number of whale sightings in the area growing, what can be done to protect them?
It was alive at the end of January when it was spotted off the coast from the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, feeding on shoals of fish.
But several weeks later it was dead, its bloated carcass floating wrapped in the rope from a lobster pot.