A HUMPBACK whale was rescued from certain death near Elands Bay.
The juvenile was vasgevang in fishing rope and flotation buoys off the coast.
A Purse Seiner fishing vessel reported the eight-metre long marine mammal in distress and fatigued, as the young walvis became more and more entangled in the ropes 17 nautical miles offshore on Tuesday.
NSRI station 24, Lamberts Bay, NSRI station 44, St Helena Bay, and NSRI station 34, Yzerfontein, were alerted by South African Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) following reports from the fishing vessel offshore, North of Elands Bay, of a whale entangled in fishing rope and flotation buoys.
NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, said NSRI crew members were trained by SAWDN for these incidents.
Lambinon explained: “Crews from all three NSRI stations responded to the NSRI…
