Trained personnel from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources responded to an entangled North Atlantic Right Whale in 2017 Permit 18786-02. (Image credit: NOAA)
NOAA Fisheries will hold a media call to discuss a new national report on large whale entanglement statistics in the U.S. for 2017, as well as efforts by NOAA Fisheries and partners to organize authorized response efforts and learn more about entanglement threats to whales.
WHAT:
Media teleconference on the release of the 2017 National Large Whale Entanglement Report followed by Q&A
WHEN:
Thursday, December 6, 2018, 2:00 pm ET
WHO:
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Sarah Wilkin, National Stranding and Emergency Response Coordinator, Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries
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Ed Lyman, Large Whale Entanglement Response Coordinator, NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
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Kristy Long, National Marine Mammal Take Reduction Plan Coordinator, Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries
HOW:
Dial-in: 888-566-5783, International: 1-312-470-7334, Passcode: WHALES
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
NOAA disentanglement efforts and entangled whales B-roll
National Report on Large Whale Entangelments
