Risk of whale entanglement in fishing gear tied to size of cool-water habitat (IMAGE)

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Risk of whale entanglement in fishing gear tied to size of cool-water habitat

Caption

A trained team from the West Coast Large Whale Entanglement Response Program working to free an entangled gray whale off Orange County, California, in December 2017.

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West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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