Oregon Investigates Whale Entanglement as State and Crab Fleet Highlight Years of Risk-Reduction
A stranded whale in Oregon that has captured attention on the eve of the potential start of the Dungeness crab season has state and federal agencies looking for clues to the young whale’s death.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a press release it is assisting federal partners in investigating the entanglement of the young humpback whale that stranded near Yachats earlier this week. NOAA Fisheries has attributed the gear involved to the Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fleet...
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