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Introduction |
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Since 1984, the Center for Coastal Studies has freed more than sixty large whales from life threatening entanglements, using techniques developed by Center staff. The Center is the only organization on the east coast of the United States federally authorized, by...more |
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Disentanglement Techniques |
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Marine mammals around the globe run the risk of coming into contact with marine debris and lost or active fishing gear. Marine debris includes a wide variety of materials that have been lost to storm and tide or have been disposed of improperly. Generally, actively...more |
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Tagging and Telemetry |
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Under certain conditions the Center, one of the disentanglement network members, or one of its first responders may be on site of an entangled whale, but be unable to initiate or complete the disentanglement of the animal. Under these circumstances the disentanglement...more |
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Disentanglement Network |
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The Disentanglement Network's first response teams are located at strategic sites, such as feeding and calving grounds and/or areas historically known to have entanglements, along the east coast of the United States and Canadian Maritimes...more |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
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This page attempts to address some of the most commonly asked questions regarding whale entanglements and the techniques and complications associated with a rescue. More responses will...more |
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Latest Disentanglement |
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A summary and analysis of the Center's most recent disentanglement effort, with a link to reports on previous disentanglements...more |
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Summary of 2004 Season |
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The past year was the busiest in the history of the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network. Reports of entangled whales were numerous and diverse, ranging from a blue whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to a right whale off Amelia Island, Florida. The Network, including state...more |
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Scar study of Entanglement Rates |
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Monitoring entanglements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Maine on the basis of caudal peduncle scarring...more |
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Take Reduction Team |
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Large whale entanglements represent only a portion of a global conservation dilemma: fisheries bycatch. Each year millions of invertebrates, fish, birds, turtles and mammals are caught in fishing gear intended for commercially valuable species of...more |
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Diagrams of Fishing Gear Types |
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Gillnet and pot fisheries are used throughout the North Atlantic and globally...gillnet...pot fisheries... |
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List of Previous Disentanglement Operations |
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Learn more about disentanglement by reviewing current and past cases...more |
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