Commercial fisherman sentenced to 6 months in prison for falsifying fishing records and taking an endangered sperm whale

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Commercial fisherman sentenced to 6 months in prison for falsifying fishing records and taking an endangered sperm whale

JUNEAU, Alaska – A Southeast Alaska commercial fisherman was sentenced today to six months in prison for falsifying fishing records in violation of the Lacey Act and illegally taking a sperm whale in violation of the Endangered Species Act. According to court documents, between October and November 2020, Dugan Paul Daniels, 55, of Coffman Cove, […]

Alaska NOAA Team Examines Dead Endangered Sperm Whale

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Alaska NOAA Team Examines Dead Endangered Sperm Whale

It was a rare find: a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach in Alaska’s famed Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska. Sperm whales, which are endangered, usually hang out in deeper, offshore waters. This one—a 48-foot long male—was found beached on the east side of Lynn Canal, north of Berners Bay near Juneau. This is the first […]