The creel fishermen had been working further south when they received a report of the entangled whale. A single rope had become anchored around the tail of the humpback. In Januar

A sperm whale has died after becoming entangled in fishing ropes. The 15-metre-long whale was originally spotted on Thursday, February 27, off the east coast of Skye. This was reported to British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR), which dispatched the dedicated large whale disentanglement team.

The British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) team removed five ropes from the whale on Saturday but some remained around its head.

A sperm whale got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope off the east coast of Skye. The British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said it was alerted to the incident at 13:00 on Thursday and mobilised its large whale disentanglement team.

A sperm whale has become entangled in fishing ropes off Skye. The 15-metre-long whale was originally spotted on Thursday, February 27, off the east coast of the island. This was reported to British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR), which dispatched the dedicated large whale disentanglement team.

A sperm whale has died after becoming tangled in ropes and stranding on a Scottish island. The 15-metre (49ft) long whale was first spotted off the coast of Skye on Thursday. 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.