MAINE PUBLIC • November 24, 2025
According to a new annual report from NOAA Fisheries, there were 95 total confirmed large whale entanglements nationwide last year. In the Northeast Atlantic, the majority of entanglements were reported in Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay. Three occurred off the coast of Maine. NOAA spokesperson Andrea Gomez says that two of those three whales were humpbacks, and one was a minke.