A well known member of the tight knit community of Campobello Island, Joe Howlett has been killed while trying to rescue a whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Howlett had a lot of experience in rescuing whales for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. No other details on the exact circumstances leading to his death have been released.
A number of endangered right whales have died recently in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
