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Alice Angeloni

More whales get stuck in fishing gear as marine scientists seek new ways to rescue them

Marine animal rescuers are trialling different ways of freeing whales stuck in fishing gear off the West Australian coast in response to changing trends. 

The latest annual report from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) said an increasing trend of entangled whales becoming tethered to the sea floor had prompted a change to disentanglement strategies.

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