In a sad case of irony, or what one fisherman commenter described as "poetic justice," a NOAA vessel carrying researchers to study humpback whales feeding in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary hit an endangered Right Whale.
The vessel had posted lookouts and was travelling at approximately 22mph at the time of the collision. The whale's fluke was damaged by the propeller, but it appeared to be otherwise uninjured.
Read the full story at the Portland Press Herald
