Global shipping routes overlap with 92 per cent of the of migration routes of four globe-ranging whale species, a new study has found.
The research, published in the journal Science Thursday, marks the first time anyone has quantified worldwide risk of whale-ship collisions for blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales.
Chloe Robinson, an ecologist and director of the Ocean Wise’s Whales Initiative, said the research identified several previously unknown high-risk zones including one large one off the southwest coast of Vancouver Island.
“This helps us to pinpoint where whales are most vulnerable,” said Robinson, who co-authored the study. “There’s never really been anything this comprehensive before.”
Global databases show high
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