{"id":238440,"date":"2025-10-25T04:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T04:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/238440\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T04:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T04:12:10","slug":"entangled-humpback-whale-freed-after-being-spotted-off-nanaimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/238440\/","title":{"rendered":"Entangled humpback whale freed after being spotted off Nanaimo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>An entangled <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/humpback-whale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">humpback whale<\/a> spotted off the coast of Nanaimo, B.C., is free, thanks to the work of fishery officers and the Marine Mammal Rescue Team.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760811489_47_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Hawaiian humpback whale, nicknamed Astroboy, was spotted by crew and passengers aboard a Prince of Whales whale-watching vessel, about 12 nautical miles from Departure Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) said they were able to free the whale from approximately 140 metres of poly steel rope.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760811490_766_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>They said they could see the whale was entangled in it because it was dragging the rope through the water behind it.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Whales vessel stayed with the whale until the rescue team arrived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDebris is a real problem for marine wildlife,\u201d the DFO said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11490983\/rogers-class-action-lawsuit\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761365530_981_20220727130732-62e17725698e03d888d3998ejpeg.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRogers outage lawsuit moving ahead, millions may get compensation\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11492609\/trump-ending-trade-talks-with-canada-over-tv-ads\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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