The adult humpback was first spotted struggling in the water a week ago.
The 18-metre-long whale was encumbered with about 200 metres of rope and fishing buoys.A humpback whale was spotted off the Victorian coast entangled in ropes and buoys.
Water police deployed a specialist team with personnel from the state Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Action, the Victorian Fishing Authority, and Parks Victoria, to attach a tracking device to the humpback. "Normally police are searching for missing people or vessels in waterways, so this was a completely different kind of search for us," Inspector James Dalton said.
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