🇨🇦 Canada 7h ago · Ben Fenlon

B.C. whale watchers join forces to help tangled humpback ‘Pop Tart’

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When a humpback whale named Pop Tart found itself in a tangle, Greater Victoria’s whale watching community sprang into action.
Identified as the 2016 calf of famed Salish Sea humpback whale Big Mama, Pop Tart spent nearly a week entangled in fishing gear, described as a buoy with a rope more than 30 metres long.
The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) has praised the collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Marine Mammal Response Team and professional whale watchers from

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