Increased regulations over only 2.6% of the ocean’s surface could decrease collisions with whales by a large margin, researchers found.
SEATTLE — Today, the leading cause of death in whales is due to collisions with large vessels. A study led by researchers at the University of Washington found that introducing regulations in very select places could have a major impact on whale mortality.
Global data on whale and ship collisions is hard to come by, so a team led by University of Washington researchers set to work on quantifying the risk for whale-ship collisions for four species of whale: blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales.
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