Animal lacking dorsal fin last seen in Antarctic labouring to swim and considered unlikely to survive
Royce Kurmelovs@RoyceRk2Mon 17 Jan 2022 02.26 EST
A juvenile humpback whale has been spotted in the Antarctic entangled in fishing gear, leading to calls from conservationists for better protections along migration corridors.
The sighting last Wednesday by scientists aboard the Crystal Endeavour occurred at Mikkelsen Harbour on Trinity Island, on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula.
The researchers from the Colombian Antarctic program, PhD candidate Logan Pallin and Dr Natalia Botero-Acosta, approached the small whale to take a skin biopsy to help determine its genetic origin, sex, cortisol levels and diet.
Pallin noticed the whale’s dorsal fin was missing, and it was trailing fishing gear and…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Poor whale. But I don’t understand how careless people can be with fishing nets and gear.
There’s no caring way to use fishing nets.