Whales can become caught in rope that runs between shellfish creels on the seabed to a buoy on the surface. Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along ...
Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale entangled in rope off Skye. The animal was spotted in difficulty at Organic Sea Harvest's Invertote salmon farm site near Staffin in the north of the ...
A sperm whale has died after becoming tangled in ropes and stranding on a Scottish island. The 15-metre (49ft) long whale was first spotted off the coast of Skye on Thursday. A team from the ...
A sperm whale which died on Monday after washing up on the island of Raasay had been entangled in ropes. It was the latest ... into difficulty at a Skye fish farm was particularly unusual.
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A sperm whale has died after becoming tangled in ropes and stranding on a Scottish island. The 15-metre (49ft) long whale was first spotted ...
A buoy attached to the rope had contact details for a fisherman in Nova Scotia, Canada. A humpback whale was freed from fish farm gear off Skye in January Since Christmas, the Scottish ...
A sperm whale has died after becoming tangled in ropes and stranding on a Scottish island. The 15-metre (49ft) long whale was first spotted off the coast of Skye on Thursday. A team from the British ...
A sperm whale which died on Monday after washing up on the island of Raasay had been entangled in ropes. It was the latest in a series ... when a humpback got into difficulty at a Skye fish farm was ...