NOAA-Trained Team Cut Humpback Loose from Anchor Line
![NOAA-trained marine mammal responders collect a sample from the exhalation of an entangled a humpback whale on Sunday, August 27, near the mouth of Tracy Arm, Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/John Moran NOAA-Trained Team Cut Humpback Loose from Anchor Line](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/noaa-tracy-arm.jpg)
NOAA Fisheries marine mammal entanglement experts are hopeful that a humpback whale is free, after a successful operation to cut the anchor line it was stuck in Sunday afternoon near the mouth of Tracy Arm. The humpback had become entangled in the anchor line of the cruise vessel Wilderness Explorer early Sunday morning. During the […]