Whales and ship strikes, lessons from research and mitigation efforts on the US West Coast

• Main Author: Calambokidis, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2016
• Subjects: Fresh Water Studies; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Lanes; Long Beach; Pacific; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2016ssec/species_food_webs/84

Ship strikes have been a concern for a number of species of large whales along the US West Coast and there has been new research examining aspects of this threat as well as measures to reduce the incidence. The incidence of ship strikes as a cause of whale mortality has increased in recent decades b...