There are about 370 North Atlantic right whales alive. In the last week, NOAA has spotted three entangled in fishing gear, two likely fatal.

On December 12 we featured images showing an entangled humpback whale revealing the extent of its troubles with a spectacular series of breaches off Newport Beach, Ca. On Wednesday the photographer, Mark Girardeau,

The two whales have been identified as a juvenile male — which authorities think will “likely to die” — and a 13-year-old female