Experts with the federal Fisheries Department and Parks Canada are searching the St. Lawrence River estuary for a North Atlantic right whale tangled in fishing gear.
The Fisheries and Oceans Department said the whale was spotted Tuesday on the north shore of the river, near Quebec’s Saguenay-St Lawrence Marine Park.
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The department says its marine mammal response partners are also looking for the whale.
It remains unclear whether this is a new or previously known entanglement.
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The public is being asked to avoid approaching any rescue effort.
North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered with fewer than 400 animals remaining in the wild.
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