This whale rescued by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is another collateral victim of illegal fishing. To exploit this highly threatened marine area, poachers would go to any length...
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00:00We found a humpback whale badly trapped in an illegal totoaba net.
00:30We found a humpback whale badly trapped in an illegal totoaba net.
01:00We found a humpback whale badly trapped in an illegal totoaba net.
01:30We took part in a disentanglement of a humpback whale in the critical zone in the Vaquita Refuge,
01:46and it's a sad reminder of why it's so important for us to protect the refuge against illegal fishing.
02:00We took part in a disentanglement of a humpback whale in the critical zone in the Vaquita Refuge,
02:10and it's a sad reminder of why it's so important for us to protect the refuge against illegal fishing.
02:20The problem with the humpback whale is that it weighs the same as the totoaba.
02:30The problem with the humpback whale is that it weighs the same as the totoaba.
02:40The problem with the humpback whale is that it weighs the same as the totoaba.
02:50The problem with the humpback whale is that it weighs the same as the totoaba.
03:00The violence has increased.
03:10The violence has increased.
03:20The violence has increased.
03:30We have had Molotov cocktails, we have been shot at, we have been boarded.
03:40We have a dangerous and exploitive fishery that is killing a marine ecosystem.
03:48And when you say that you're going to stand in front of something, you don't get out of the way when it gets tough.
04:10.