Trapped grey whale freed off California coast by fisherman "steward of the sea"

The whale was first spotted off the Orange County coast on April 17, hundreds
of miles from where it was ultimately rescued, dragging several buoys
attached to a net.

Rescuers attempted to free it at the time, but it went missing until it was
spotted off the coast of Monterey County.

Monica DeAngelis, the federal marine mammal biologist who led earlier rescue
attempts, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maintains
a network of volunteer disentanglement teams trained to rescue animals in
distress.

She said the captain and the crew that carried out the rescue were not part of
the network, and that in general she would advise anyone who encounters a
tangled whale to report the animal’s location and stay with it but wait for
trained rescuers to arrive, not least because such a massive animal can be
dangerous.

“They’re actually quite fortunate that they did not get injured,”
DeAngelis said. Still, she called Mr Anello a “steward of the sea.”

She said: “I’m not going to rain on their parade. They did something
amazing, and they probably did save the life of this animal.”

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