Whales get tangled by crabs off Oregon coast
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U.S. Coast Guard will help researchers track whales along the West
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Oregon commission votes to protect whales
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New Oregon laws aim to reduce whale deaths from crab fishing lines
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Gray whale entangled in crab trap found dead on southern
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Crabbers versus environmentalists over whales in Oregon
Meandering Angler: Want Dungeness crabs? You have to catch them
A record number of West Coast whales are getting caught in crab
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Whale Conservation The Nature Conservancy in California
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Se abre la temporada del cangrejo Dungeness
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Back-to-back humpback whales freed from tangled lines off
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Tangling with crabbers on behalf of whales, sea turtles––and crabs
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Whales get tangled by crabs off Oregon coast
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Oregon wants to untangle whales from crab fishery
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West Coast whale entanglements reduced by half this season, but