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Coast Guard Frees Baby Humpback Off Manasquan

The juvenile humpback had gotten caught in a fishing net.

MANASQUAN, NJ — On Friday morning, a team from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Manasquan helped free a juvenile humpback whale.

The whale had become entangled in a fishing net off the coast of Manasquan, said the Coast Guard.

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