Jon Lien, passed away in 2010 at 71 years old. Between 1978 and 1990, he freed nearly 500 trapped whales. He was a grand master for cetacean (marine mammal) research and conservation for the entire East Coast of Canada. During times, when, as he said “near no one gave a damn about whales), he initiated single-handedly, a marine mammal saving program, with a small boat and a lot of courage to detangle mammals from fishing gear. Eventually his volunteer crew grew, and as did his research on Marine Mammals at Memorial University of Newfoundland. This site is a Memorial Site that was set up for friends of Jon Lien:
And this site is a video of a small group of boat travelers who came upon an entangled humpback. Jon would have been happy to see average people display such care and courage for this majestic mammal: