Live stranded fin whale Balaenoptera physalus in Libyan waters reported via social media platform
A live movie was streamed by a recreational fisherman on social media on 2 August 2020 featuring a fin whale Balaenoptera physalus stranded alive off the coast of Bomba Bay, 70 km east of Derna, Libya. This short note highlights the importance of social media for recording and monitoring marine megafauna in remote and scarcely surveyed regions.