LA PUSH, Wash. — The Coast Guard and NOAA crews are working to untangle a juvenile gray whale from fishing gear about 15 miles off La Push.
The US Coast Guard Pacific Northwest tweeted on Tuesday several agencies are responding including members of the Large Whale Entanglement Network.
As of last night, the whale remains entangled, but crews deployed a tracker in order to quickly relocate it this morning.
Crews on scene! Whale ID's as juvenile Gray Whale. Cascadia Research Collective members of the Large Whale Entanglement Response Network under #NOAA permit #18786-02 along with #CoastGuard station Quillayute River respond to the entangled whale. pic.twitter.com/3bAiCHyMZ6
— USCGPacificNorthwest (@USCGPacificNW) May 9, 2018
#NOAA and #CoastGuard crews are responding to an entangled whale more than 15 miles off of La Push, WA. The whale is reportedly a Humpback Whale and is entangled in the lines of fishing gear. pic.twitter.com/nO8oiuSVJv
— USCGPacificNorthwest (@USCGPacificNW) May 8, 2018