Humpback whale rescue underway on Bay of Fundy
Rope appears to be attached underneath the mammal’s dorsal fin, says crew member
A Nova Scotia whale watching crew is helping a rescue team trying to free an entangled humpback whale in the Bay of Fundy.
The crew of the MV Island Link and New Brunswick's Campobello Whale Rescue Team are on the Bay of Fundy, off Brier Island, trying to free the whale.
"As we approached it we could see that the whale was entangled in a rope," Jess Tudor, a crew member of the MV Island Link, said Thursday afternoon.
Tudor said the rope appears to be attached under the mammal's dorsal fin. He's not sure what kind of rope it is.
"It's actually cutting into his back," he said.
The crew was out for a 9:30 a.m. whale watching expedition when the vessel's captain spotted the humpback. Tudor's captain Roy Small called the whale rescue team, who came across the Bay of Fundy to help.
"They have a long pole that has a cutting edge on it and that's what they're going to attempt to put onto it," he said.