Feds looking for jet skiers who harassed whales

Jet skiers accused of harrassing whales in Alaska (image courtesy NOAA)

FOX ISLAND, Alaska (Fox 32 News) Federal investigators are looking for two jet skiers who were harassing whales.

The jet skiers were captured on camera pursuing and riding over the tops of humpback whales on July 7 in Resurrection Bay, Alaska.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's office of law enforcement wants to track them down.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Enforcement Officer Nicolai Tykalsky at nicolai.tykalsky@noaa.gov.

Harassing whales in this manner is illegal.

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