NOAA said the endangered Atlantic right whale was found dead near Martha's Vineyard earlier this year and determined this week it died of chronic entanglement.
A dead female North Atlantic right whale was reported Jan. 28 at Martha's Vineyard. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute/Michael Moore photo, NOAA permit # 24359.
NOAA said the endangered Atlantic right whale was found dead near Martha's Vineyard earlier this year and determined this week it died of chronic entanglement.