Whales can become caught in rope that runs between shellfish creels on the seabed to a buoy on the surface. Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along ...

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) found it was trailing ropes up to 20m (66ft) long and managed to cut five ropes from the animal on Saturday, but some remained around its head.

A team from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) used drones and boats to examine the whale and found it was wrapped in fishing lines and trailing up to 20 metres (66ft) of rope.