At 07h04 on Sunday 10 July members of the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) were activated following reports from a chokka fishing boat at sea of a small whale appearing to be entangled in a drogue parachute (a drogue parachute is normally used to slow down fishing trawlers, while fishing, by being placed in the water to drag behind the trawler) 11 nautical miles off-shore of St Francis Bay.<\/p>\n
Volunteers of the SA Whale Disentanglement Network, aboard the NSRI St Francis Bay rescue craft, Spirit of St Francis II, launched at 07h48 and on arrival on-scene the volunteers found the drogue parachute empty and, based on reports from the fishermen, it appears that a whale calf, suspected to be a Southern Right whale, most likely managed to swim itself free of the drogue parachute and has disappeared (believed to be) with it’s mother (as a larger whale was witnessed to also be in the area and is suspected to be the parent whale).<\/p>\n
The drogue parachute has been recovered and brought ashore.<\/p>\n
No further action was necessary as it appears that all of the parts of the drogue parachute that was witnessed to be entangled around the whale has been recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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