DATE: February 26, 2009 8:05:21 PM EST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Public Affairs Detachment New York
U.S. Coast Guard

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February 26, 2009 
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*VIDEO RELEASE* Whale entangled in fishing gear off Sandy Hook, N.J., coast

NEW YORK - The Coast Guard enforces a 500-yard safety zone around a humpback whale entangled in a lobster pot and netting eight miles east of Sandy Hook near the approach to Ambrose Channel Feb. 25, 2009.

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NEW YORK - The Coast Guard enforces a 500-yard safety zone around a humpback whale entangled in a lobster pot and netting eight miles east of Sandy Hook near the approach to Ambrose Channel Feb. 25, 2009.

For more information regarding marine mammal stranding and entanglement, visit the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP) website at:

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/

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