Why do endangered whales keep getting entangled off New England?

9/28/2016
Two dead North Atlantic right whales off the coast of Maine and a third rescued near Cape Cod have put whale safety front and center in New England ...
The right whale's numbers have been particularly affected by fishing gear, ... Entanglements also harm the whale's population indirectly even if the ...
9/27/2016
AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, FileIn this April 10, 2008 file photo, the head of a North Atlantic right whale peers up from the water as another whale ...
Scientists in the United States are sounding the alarm after three incidents in three days involving North Atlantic right whales. Two of the whales were ...
FILE - In this April 10, 2008 file photo, the head of a North Atlantic right whale peers up from the water as another whale passes behind in Cape Cod ...
The recent death of two right whales in the Gulf of Maine and the discovery of another entangled in fishing gear is bringing renewed attention to the ...
Federal authorities say a recent wave of entanglements of rare whales off of New England could help inform future regulations to preserve the animals ...
Goebel said it's possible that the whale could have become entangled somewhere else in its habitat in the Atlantic Ocean before dying off of the Maine ...
A North Atlantic right whale was found dead about 12 miles off the Maine coast over the weekend, entangled in fishing gear. Two other right whales ...
PORTLAND, Maine - Federal authorities are trying to see if they can track the ropes that entangled a whale off the Maine coast to their owner.

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