Distressed fur seal snagged in netting set to be rescued A fur seal spotted caught up in fish net, swims around Seal Rocks off Phillip Island. A FUR seal snagged in netting is set to be rescued by authorities. Search and rescue teams are planning how to save the distressed animal at Seal Rocks, Phillip Island. Shots by Herald Sun photographer David Caird taken from a Wildlife Coast Cruises vessel, show the entangled seal. He was rolling in the water on his back, he looked distressed and pretty stagnant. Stranded whale waves goodbye "You could clearly see the netting digging into his neck, which looked very restricting," Caird said. A seal with a knife dangling on a cord around its neck was rescued last month by conservationists at Seal Rocks. Phillip Island Nature Park's Duncan Sutherland, who is expected to coordinate the rescue, said action on the matter was needed. The park rescues an average of 20 seals every year.