Whale trapped in fishing net in endangered marine refuge

Brut America

This whale rescued by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is another collateral victim of illegal fishing. To exploit this highly threatened marine area, poachers would go to any length...

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00:00We found a humpback whale badly trapped in an illegal totoaba net.

00:30We found a humpback whale badly trapped in an illegal totoaba net.

01:00We found a humpback whale badly trapped in an illegal totoaba net.

01:30We took part in a disentanglement of a humpback whale in the critical zone in the Vaquita Refuge,

01:46and it's a sad reminder of why it's so important for us to protect the refuge against illegal fishing.

02:00We took part in a disentanglement of a humpback whale in the critical zone in the Vaquita Refuge,

02:10and it's a sad reminder of why it's so important for us to protect the refuge against illegal fishing.

02:20The problem with the humpback whale is that it weighs the same as the totoaba.

02:30The problem with the humpback whale is that it weighs the same as the totoaba.

02:40The problem with the humpback whale is that it weighs the same as the totoaba.

02:50The problem with the humpback whale is that it weighs the same as the totoaba.

03:00The violence has increased.

03:10The violence has increased.

03:20The violence has increased.

03:30We have had Molotov cocktails, we have been shot at, we have been boarded.

03:40We have a dangerous and exploitive fishery that is killing a marine ecosystem.

03:48And when you say that you're going to stand in front of something, you don't get out of the way when it gets tough.

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