A communications breakdown and use of the wrong technique with the wrong equipment may have contributed to the recent death of a minke whale off the coast of Campobello. That's according to a fishing group and an animal rescue group. The juvenile whale, named Alice by local whale watchers, was seen belly-up in a herring weir off Nancy's Head just over a week ago. Tour boat operators, the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, local whale researchers, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Marine Animal Response Society all knew the whale was stuck in the weir on Sept. 3. Members of the Campobello Whale Rescue Team in action in July.

Source: CBC News September 16, 2018 12:56 UTC