Edward Lyman, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback National Marine Sanctuary’s natural resources management specialist from Maui, has helped disentangle more than 100 whales and other marine animals over the past 24 years.

He will be describing the difficult and sometimes dangerous task of disentangling 40-ton, often free-swimming whales from life-threatening messes.

“Ed will be on Kauai for a few days to conduct large whale entanglement response training with the U.S. Coast Guard Station Kauai,” said Jean Souza, HIHNMS Kauai program specialist.

Lyman’s presentation will start at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Lihue Public Library. It will include case histories of some of the animals that have been freed in Hawaii by an authorized network of responders.

Nearly 30 large whales have been entirely, or partially, freed of entangling gear in Hawaii over the years. Successful disentanglements take place when a community-based network works with experienced responders to free the animals.