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Risk of whale entanglement in fishing gear tied to size of cool-water habitat
- February 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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New research shows that, off the U.S. West Coast, humpback whales face a higher risk of getting entangled in fishing equipment during years with lower availability of cool-water habitat, where the whales feed. Jarrod Santora of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in PLOS Climate.
Originally published at Phys.org