Ship Strikes - IWC
Read a 2022 analysis of Global Numbers of Ship Strikes, compiled using the IWC Ship Strikes database. If you have information relating to a collision between any type of vessel and a whale, dolphin or porpoise please click here. to enter your information into …
Large Whales and Vessel Strikes - Marine Mammal Commission
Jul 6, 2023 · In the U.S., vessel strike has been identified as a major threat to many large whale species, including North Atlantic and North Pacific right whales, Rice’s whales, blue whales, humpback whales, and fin whales.
Understanding Vessel Strikes | NOAA Fisheries
WhaleWatch—alerts ship operators to areas where U.S. West Coast blue whales are aggregating. Whale Alert —smartphone app for fishermen, recreational boaters, industry partners, and volunteer networks to share real-time whale sightings in Alaska.
Blue whale ship strikes - https://cascadiaresearch.org
Determine how animals are distributed in relation to shipping routes and what shifts in shipping lanes might reduce the incidence of ship strikes. Examine the behavior of blue whales in the shipping lanes including documenting their specific feeding and diving patterns in this area.
Vessel Strikes - NOAA Fisheries
A vessel strike, sometimes referred to as a ship strike, is a collision between any type of boat and marine animal, including whales, dolphins, sea turtles, fish, seals, or sea lions. Vessels of any size and type can strike and kill or injure marine life.
Vessel Strikes | Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Vessel Strikes. A blue whale surfaces in close proximity to a large container ship. John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research. Whale deaths from vessel collisions, or ship strikes, are a significant challenge to whale conservation worldwide.
Reducing Ship Strike Risk to Whales - Policy and Management
West coast sanctuaries, Cascadia Research, NMFS, Point Blue Conservation Science, SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography, and others have worked together to shift shipping lanes away from known areas of high whale aggregations.
Ship Strikes | Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
The goal of these seasonal voluntary VSR zones is to reduce the risk of fatal ship strikes to endangered blue, fin, and humpback whales, reduce ocean noise and protect public health within and near Greater Farallones, Cordell Bank, Monterey Bay, …
Blue whales being struck by ships | Science - AAAS
Jul 23, 2014 · After using satellites to track 171 blue whales that spend time off the west coast of the Americas over a 15-year period, scientists have fingered whale-ship collisions as a possible factor in why blue whale population numbers have remained low despite international protections.
Marine Mammals on the West Coast: Vessel Strikes
Of all the large whale species that inhabit our coastline, Blue, Fin, Humpback, and Gray whales are the most vulnerable to vessel strikes because they migrate along the coast and many use areas along the coast for feeding, where they overlap with heavy shipping traffic.