Third entangled endangered whale spotted in span of a week off East Coast
- A third endangered whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the East Coast, marking an alarming end to the year for a species threatened with extinction.
- The whales are North Atlantic right whales, which number fewer than 400 and are vulnerable to ship collisions and entanglement in gear.
- An aerial survey found an entangled whale about 60 miles east of the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Dec. 16, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- The North Carolina whale 'has not yet been seen again,' said Melanie White, North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation Project Manager and Research Biologist at Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute.
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