Edward Lyman, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s Natural Resources Management Specialist will describe the difficult, and sometimes dan-gerous, task of disentangling 40-ton, often free-swimming, whales from life-threatening tangles using techniques modified from those used to catch large fish, or used historically by whalers to kill the animals. Case histories of some of the animals that have been freed in Hawaii by an authorized network of responders will be shown using some amazing video footage. The effort is coordinated by the sanctuary, working under NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Pro-gram, and includes sanctuary partners and the on-water community.

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