GASPE, Que. -
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is looking for an endangered North Atlantic proper whale that was noticed Thursday entangled in some form of gear east of Gaspe, Que.
The whale is a 14-year-old feminine referred to as Sundog.
Federal officers say marine mammal rescue businesses are on standby, although a disentanglement mission will not be tried except sea circumstances are beneficial.
It stays unclear what sort of gear must be reduce away or the place it got here from.
There are about 336 North Atlantic proper whales in existence, and plenty of spend their summers feeding within the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Fifteen calves have been noticed earlier this 12 months in waters off the US.
The primary proper whale noticed coming into Canadian waters this season was seen on Might 4 by the crew aboard a surveillance plane because it flew over the gulf, north of Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Que.
The sighting triggered a 15-day fishing closure in particular fishing grids within the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Might 20, 2022.
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