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pl23_anim1031.jpg

A satellite-tagged humpback whale entangled in gillnet surfaces in ChathamStrait while a rescue team prepares to cut it free

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Description

A satellite-tagged humpback whale entangled in gillnet surfaces in ChathamStrait while a rescue team prepares to cut it free.

Photographer

Aleria Jensen

Display Date

2006 August 29

Location

Alaska, Lower Chatham Strait

Collection

NOAA's Ark

Whales

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA

NMFS

AKFSC

Keywords

Great Whales

NOAA 200th Photo Contest