Presentation_1_Ship Strike Risk for Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) Off the Garraf coast, Northwest Mediterranean Sea.pdf

• Main Authors: Beatriu Tort Castro, Rocío Prieto González, Seán A. O’Callaghan, Paula Dominguez Rein-Loring, Eduard Degollada Bastos
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; fin whale; ship strike; collision; marine traffic; injury; feeding; Catalonia; Mediterranean Sea8; Lanes; Tarragona; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.867287.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Presentation_1_Ship_Strike_Risk_for_Fin_Whales_Balaenoptera_physalus_Off_the_Garraf_coast_Northwest_Mediterranean_Sea_pdf/19663206

Ship strikes are a widespread conservation issue for many cetacean species globally. Population level impacts depend on the occurrence and severity of collisions, which may lead to life altering injuries or fatalities. Such impacts are a major concern for large, long-lived, and reproductively slow s...