US bars people from disentangling whales after Canadians death
Source: Bangor Daily News
U.S. officials are temporarily barring anyone from approaching an entangled whale after a Canadian fisherman was killed trying to free one in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Joe Howlett, a fisherman from Campobello, was struck by a North Atlantic right whale on July 10, moments after he and other responders had freed it from fishing gear near Shippagan, New Brunswick, on the provinces northeast coast.
Because ensuring the safety of responders is of paramount importance, NOAA Fisheries is suspending all large whale entanglement response activities nationally until further notice, in order to review our own emergency response protocols in light of this event, said Chris Oliver, assistant administrator for the fisheries division of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Marine mammals are protected under federal law, which means it is illegal to harass or harm them. Exceptions are made for properly trained people who are pre-approved by NOAA to respond to entanglements or strandings. By suspending entanglement responses, NOAA temporarily is banning anyone from approaching or trying to free an entangled whale.
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Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2017/07/13/news/nation/us-suspends-disentanglement-efforts-after-canadian-killed-by-whale/
secondwind
(16,903 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)"More than 15 years ago, the Canadian lobster fisherman co-founded the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, an intrepid group of fishermen who care so much about whales that they are willing to risk their lives to save them.
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DK504
(3,847 posts)Since you won't protect animals we have to.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)and fined for letting their CRAP kill Sea life.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)agencies like parks & wildlife just kill or let die a slow horrible death any wildlife they come across.
Bayard
(22,061 posts)turbinetree
(24,695 posts)hasn't figured out that whales, yes whales, help give us oxygen to live on this planet, but this navy seal asshole cannot and will not sit down and read what I just said to fully understand what I mean by planet commingling
Fuck Him, if I see a whale trapped and dying in a fucking death trap net, I am going to do something to help the whale, if can't just pull over and take off the net------------------