A juvenile North Atlantic right whale that washed up on Martha’s Vineyard in January with fishing gear caught in its tail died from “chronic entanglement” with such equipment in ocean waters, according to federal officials.

A federally-led necropsy into the death of a North Atlantic right whale that washed ashore on the Vineyard earlier this year has been completed and officials are concluding that the whale died from chronic entanglement in fishing gear.

Federal investigators said Maine fishing gear is to blame for the death of an endangered female right found dead near Martha’s Vineyard in January. While some lobstermen say they’re sad to hear about the death of the whale,