Published September 09, 2015
Marine rescuers have again lost a blue whale last seen dragging fishing line off Mexico's Pacific coast — and the buoy they fastened to the line can't track its movements.
Rescuers couldn't free the 80-foot whale first spotted Friday off Los Angeles. With darkness falling, they attached a bright red buoy, hoping that would help them find it again.
But there has only been one sighting since — on Monday, off northern Baja California, more than 100 miles south of Los Angeles.
Jim Milbury of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the U.S. rescue team didn't attach a tracking buoy because those weigh about 50 pounds, adding to the whale's burden.
Rescuers in Mexico say they are too far from the last sighting to head out.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/whereabouts-unknown-buoy-attached-to-line-that-snared-blue-whale-cant-track-its-movements