SAINT SIMONS ISLAND - Scientists from Georgia and Massachusetts spent a second day Wednesday looking for a 45-foot right whale that was entangled in lobster lines in the South Atlantic. <br>
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A plane searched Georgia coastal waters from overhead while members of the disentanglement team remained on call to see if any boaters have spotted the whale. <br>
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David Mattila, a senior adviser in the disentanglement program, said there's a good chance of spotting the whale. <br>
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Mattila said, ``Given that it might be the only whale there and it seems to be on a fairly reliable course so far, it is possible to find the whale. If they see a whale in those waters, it's likely to be this one.'' <br>
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Researchers from the New England Aquarium in Boston, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Center for Coastal Studies in Massachusetts spent much of yesterday trying to find the whale. <br>
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It was seen about 14 miles off the north shore of Saint Simons Island about 11 a.m. Tuesday. <br>
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The whale project tracks the creatures, which number only about 325, as they migrate between summer feeding grounds of the northern Atlantic and winter calving areas off the coast of Georgia and Florida.
