The latest right whale discovered entangled off Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula is a male, known by the number 3245. Staff with the New England Aquarium say they last saw him in April, when he was still swimming free swim in Cape Cod Bay. "The entanglement of a right whale is an extremely difficult and distressing situation." He has regularly been seen since in all the major right whale habitats, from the southeast U.S. to the Bay of Fundy. At least 13 right whales have been found dead this year off the coasts of Canada and New England.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2017 19:03 UTC