Whale mortality from ship strikes in Ecuador and West Africa

• Published in: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals
• Main Authors: Félix, F., Van Waerebeek, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Balaenoptera borealis [Sei whale]; Balaenoptera edeni [Bryde's whale]; Megaptera novaeangliae; Guayaquil; Las Palmas; Pacific; Balaenoptera borealis; Sei Whale
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/242724.pdf

We document two unusual cases of a Bryde's and a sei whale struck by container cargo vessels and draped over the bow bulb, respectively in the Southeast Pacific and the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. The 207m-length P&O Nedlloyd Pantanal collided with an adult Bryde's whale Balaenoptera ed...