Traffic in a nursery: Ship strike risk from commercial vessels to migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in a rapidly developing Australian urban embayment

• Published in: Marine Policy
• Main Authors: Mayaud, Raphael, Castrillon, Juliana, Wilson, Craig, Peel, David, Smith, Joshua N, Luche, Greta Dalle, Allen, Jenny, Bengtson Nash, Susan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Maritime transportation and freight services; Biological oceanography; Environmental management; Policy and administration; Political science; Science & Technology; Social Sciences; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Environmental Studies; International Relations; Brisbane; Moreton; Moreton Bay; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/421479; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105332

The rapid recovery of the Australian humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) population and parallel increase in maritime traffic, has increased the spatial overlap between whales and vessels in Australian waters. Ship strike is a recognized global anthropogenic source of mortality or injury to larg...