![A right whale swims in the ocean, entangled in fishing gear.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2022-09/rightwhalegadnr.jpg?itok=WFLcs5tC)
Caption
A right whale is entangled in fishing gear, sighted off the coast of Georgia with her second calf in December 2021. Her first known calf died from a vessel strike off the coast of New Jersey in June 2020. Both incidents display the dangers facing whales.
Credit: Georgia Department of Natural Resources via National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration