Rare whale spotted near Gwadar coast

HUB: A rare whale was spotted near Gadani coast, Gwadar for the first time.

The rare black whale was seen by local fishermen in the sea while fishing at about distance of 2 to 3 kilometers from the coast.

Exhilarated fishermen expressed their excitement with some even warning the others to maintain distance as it could attack them, whereas some even joked around terming it as a shark.

Earlier in 2020, a rare humpback whale was spotted off the coast of Balochistan..

The whale was spotted by the local fishermen when they were fishing off the Balochistan shore.

The World Wide Fund’s (WWF) Technical Advisor said that the humpback whale was listed as endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, adding that only 100 individuals of this species are left in the world.

He maintained that humpback whale is found in the waters of Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Oman, and Iran.