Large Whale Entanglement Response a Success Thanks to Metlakatla Indian Community Team

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on Nov 30, 2023   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

The call came in to NOAA’s Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network 24-hour hotline the morning of July 19. A whale-watching company near Ketchikan had spotted a humpback whale entangled in line and dragging unmarked buoys. NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement in Ketchikan responded,  verified the whale’s location in Blank Inlet on the south side of Gravina Island, […]