NOAA Announces 2019 and 2020 Confirmed Large Whale Entanglement Numbers
![Responders from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Massachusetts, attempt to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale. Credit: CCS; Permit No. 18986-04. NOAA Announces 2019 and 2020 Confirmed Large Whale Entanglement Numbers](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2022-07-03.jpg)
Seventy-five large whale entanglement cases in 2019 and 53 cases in 2020 were confirmed nationally, fewer than in 2018. NOAA Fisheries has released two National Reports on Large Whale Entanglements Confirmed in the United States, for 2019 and 2020. In 2019, there were 75 confirmed entanglements nationally, which was a decrease from 2018 but remains near the historical […]