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The animal was entangled in small gauge line through its mouth and around its left pectoral flipper, which trailed as a pair of lines approximately 50 feet behind the whale.
A team of responders made several cuts, removing most of the line; however, a small amount of gear could not be pulled from the whale’s mouth and remains on the whale.
The recovered gear will be analyzed towards determining its possible origins and trying to reduce entanglement threat in the future.
The response, coordinated by NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary working with and under the authorization of NOAA Fisheries Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (Permit No. 18786-05) included personnel from the sanctuary, Cardinal Point Captains, Ultimate Whale Watch under the West Maui Rapid Response team, Keiki Koholā Project, and others.
Mar. 11—A specialized response team has freed a young, humpback whale from some gear entangled in its mouth and flipper off the coast of Lahaina, Maui. On Tuesday, the team was able to free almost all of a gauge line wrapped around the whale's left pectoral flipper, and trailing about 50 feet behind it. Unfortunately, despite several attempts, the team was unable to free a small amount of line .