They have a lot of experience. They know exactly what they're doing, and they are the only two people trained to that level who can actually get in an inflatable and work with a whale.

We understand how upset the public is when they see these kinds of images. We try to deal with all these things with the best available information. Whether there are too many boats and that is the cause of the collisions we're seeing, it's hard to definitely say.

He was able to assess that the situation was life threatening there was some line trailing out of the whale's mouth 25 feet of line and two buoys.