The full-sized adult humpback whale entangled in fishing equipment was first sighted by a commercial helicopter on June 23.
In what became a multi-agency operation, it took roughly two days for various co-coordinating agencies to rescue the large mammal.Rescuers in Australia succeeded in freeing an 18-meter long humpback whale which was found entangled in over 1700 pounds of fishing equipment off the Gippsland coast.
The humpback whale was rescued and released back in the waters after around 656 feet of rope and fishing buoys were removed from its body. It took almost a week before it could be seen again, this time by a recreation vessel in waters off the southeastern coast, about 4.5 nautical miles from Lake Tyers, on Friday afternoon.
The team was able to attach a tracking device to the humpback whale so that it could be found again with ease.
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