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Humpback whale entangled in discarded trawl net off Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Photo by South African Whale Disentanglement Network.
Humpback whale entangled in pot gear off W. Australia, Department of Environment and Conservation.
Humpback whale entangled in net off Southeast Alaska. Photo by NOAA, ARO.
Entangled Northern right whale, photo: NOAA, NEFSC
Attempted release of a humpback whale using the 'flying knife' (top left hand of picture), USA. Picture courtesy of NOAA.
Professional response team at work in the Humpback Whale Sanctuary in Hawaii, releasing an entangled humpback whale. Photo: NOAA, HIHWNMS, MMHSRP Permit # 932-1489.
Professional response team at work, disentangling a Southern Right Whale, False Bay, South Africa. Photo by Craig Findley.
Professional response team releasing a humpback whale from lobster pot gear off the coast of Maine, USA. Photo: PCCS, MMHSRP Permit # 932-1489.
Professional responders - the Whale Release and Strandings Group, Newfoundland, Canada.
Professional responders - Wayne Ledwell of the Whale Release and Strandings group releasing a humpback whale off Newfoundland, Canada.
Professional responders - the Australian Entanglement Response Team, Department of Environment and Conservation.
Chubut, Argentina, 2012 - classroom session
Chubut, Argentina, 2012 - demonstrating the custom-made “breakaway” knife. Photo Victor Marzari.
Chubut, Argentina, 2012 - demonstrating the grapple throw.
Chubut, Argentina, 2012 - demonstrating the grapple pull.
Chubut, Argentina, 2012 - Argentine IWC Commissioner attends the session .
Itamaraca, Brazil, 2012 - classroom session
Itamaraca, Brazil, 2012 - demonstration of custom-made entanglement response tools.
Itamaraca, Brazil, 2012 - Brazilian IWC Commissioner practises with the detachable knife.
Itamaraca, Brazil, March 2012 - simulating whale entanglement and response.
Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, 2012 - simulating whale entanglement and response.
Salinas, Ecuador, 2013 - demonstrating use of the breakaway knife.
Salinas, Ecuador, 2013 - demonstrating how to release the line.
Salinas, Ecuador, 2013 - organising the gear to go onto the boats.
Salinas, Ecuador, 2013 - classroom session
Salinas, Ecuador, 2013 - practising throwing the grapple.
Salinas, Ecuador, 2013 - using teamwork to release the line.
Panama City, 2013 - classroom session
Panama City, 2013 - throwing the grapple.
Panama City, 2013 - releasing the line.
Panama City 2013 - releasing the line.
Panama City, 2013 - simulating whale entanglement and response.
Panama City, 2013 - simulating whale entanglement and response.
St Martin, 2013 - securing an attachment.
St Martin, 2013 - pulling up technique.
St Martin, 2013 - practising the grapple throw on land.
St Martin, 2013 - throwing the grapple.
San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico, 2014 - classroom session
San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico, 2014 - practising the grapple on land.
San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico, 2014 - practising with a custom-made, pole-mounted knife.
Dominican Republic, 2014 - classroom training
Dominican Republic, 2014 - throwing the grapple
Dominican Republic, 2014 - snapping on with the pole
Dominican Republic, 2014 - launching the buoy
Dominican Republic, 2014 - donation of entanglement response gear
Dominican Republic, 2014 - receiving certificates
Dominican Republic, 2014 - certificate awarded to successful trainees
Tonga, Aug 14, practising with the 'flying knife.'
Tonga, Aug 2014, releasing the line.
Tonga, August 2014, handover of kit
Tonga, 2014, on the water training
Tonga, 2014 - trainers and trainees
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014 - training on the water
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014 - training on the water
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014 - participants
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014 - trainees receive certificates
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014 - response kit is handed over
Marshall Islands, Oct 2014 - IWC Technical Advisor, David Mattila hands entanglement response kit to Noel Ambon of the Vanuatu Ministry of Environment.
Marshall Islands, Oct 2014 - IWC Technical Advisor, David Mattila hands entanglement response kit to Noel Ambon of the Vanuatu Ministry of Environment.
Baja California, Mexico, 2014 - Oct
Baja California, Mexico, 2014 - Oct
Baja California, Mexico, 2014 - Oct
Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, 2014 - Dec
Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, 2014 - Dec
Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, 2014 - Dec
Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, 2014 Dec
Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, 2014 - Dec
Shiogama, Japan, 2014 - June
Shiogama, Japan, 2014 - June
Shiogama, Japan, 2014 - June
Provincetown, USA, 2015 - Aug
Provincetown, USA, 2015 - Aug
Provincetown, USA, 2015 - Aug
Oman, 2015 - Nov
Oman, 2015 - Nov
Oman, 2015 - Nov
Oman, 2015 - Nov
Oman, 2015 - Nov
Oman, 2015 - Nov
Vina del Mar, Chile, 2015 - Nov
Vina del Mar, Chile, 2015 - Nov
Vina del Mar, Chile, 2015 - Nov
Vina del Mar, Chile, 2015 - Nov
Vina del Mar, Chile, 2015 - Nov
Vina del Mar, Chile, 2015 - Nov
Guadeloupe & Martinique, 2015 - Dec
Guadeloupe & Martinique, 2015 - Dec
Guadeloupe & Martinique, 2015 - Dec
Guadeloupe & Martinique, 2015 - Dec
Greenland, 2016
Greenland, 2016
Greenland, 2016
Greenland, 2016
Greenland, 2016
Peru, 2016
Peru, 2016
Peru, 2016
Peru, 2016
Peru, 2016
Peru, 2016
Brazil, 2016
Brazil, 2016
Brazil, 2016
Brazil, 2016
Brazil, 2016
Brazil, 2016
Brazil, 2016
Sakhalin, Russia, 2017
Sakhalin, Russia, 2017
Sakhalin, Russia, 2017
Sakhalin, Russia, 2017
Sakhalin, Russia, 2017
Sakhalin, Russia, 2017
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