Whale set free off Maui
by HawaiiNewsNow 21 Jan 2018 14:54 PST
Whale set free off Maui © Moore / NOAA MMHSRP
285 feet of braided line was removed from a whale's mouth, and wasn't it and the rescuers happy about it! An adult humpback whale is free after swimming in Maui waters entangled in rope. According to NOAA officials, the large whale was first reported entangled on Thursday by the captain of a fishing vessel.
A trained response team soon deployed and used a small inflatable craft to approach the animal. Officials said the whale became "very active" upon their initial approach, so they waited for it to calm down before attempting to remove the braided rope.
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