Disentangling a whale from fishing gear requires specialized training and hard work. Marine Advisory agents Sunny Rice and Melissa Good helped coordinate training in Petersburg and Unalaska. “A good group of experienced people is needed to actually attempt any disentangling,” Rice said.
Whale entanglement responders trained
Alaska Sea Grant is a partnership between the University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is one of 33 Sea Grant programs in the United States.
