Whale Entangled in Fishing Net Freed Near Yelapa Beach NoticiasPV
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Whales Becoming Entangled at Alarming Rate (Associated Press)

The Secretariat of the Navy-Mexico, through the Eighth Naval Zone, informs that it provided support to the associations Ecology and Conservation of Whales A.C. (ECOBAC) and Red de las Ballenas A.C. (Red de las Ballenas). (ECOBAC) and Red de Asistencia a Ballenas Enmalladas (RABEN) in the release of a whale, which was trapped in a fishing net, in the vicinity of Yelapa beach, in the municipality of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco.

This was in response to a phone call from the above mentioned associations, who reported that a whale was entangled in the vicinity of the beach.

For this reason, in order to protect the marine fauna, a defender type vessel was ordered to set sail with naval personnel, taking on board biologists from ECOBAC and RABEN, in order to transfer them to the area and provide them with support, approximately 16 nautical miles (29 kilometers) south of the Naval Command, achieving the release of the whale.

In this way, the Mexican Navy-Secretariat of the Navy contributes to the preservation of the marine environment and the protection of species, in order to conserve the biodiversity that characterizes our country.

How Whales Become Entangled



This illustration shows how fishing lines attached to traps and buoys on the ocean floor present a potentially deadly hazard to whales. Freeing entangled whales involves a certain amount of knowledge and caution, and should be left to the experts. (Smithsonian Institution)

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Related: Freeing Entangled Whales: A Task Best Left to Experta (NOAA)

Related: Scientists Identify a New Whale Species in the Gulf of Mexico (Steve Mashuda - EarthJustice)

This article was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.

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