A necropsy conducted on the gray whale suggests it died from a ship strike. Click to read more. Ship strikes are some of the main causes of anthropogenic deaths affecting whales and other marine animals in the United States, as well as in other parts of the world.
The poor whale was injured due to a vessel strike, which may cost its life. Spain spotted an injured fin whale venturing near a beach in Cullera near Valencia, and what struck the boat crew that discovered the mammal was its severely deformed back.
farms? the management solutions for vessel strike are to slow vessels down if you cannot move them out of whale habitat. 10 knots is a good one to aim for. we have technologies we re developing for listening for them with mobil gliders and also using infrared cameras with automatic detection of these animals looking thermally for the heat of the animals as they surface. so better awareness and slower ships and management of shipping lanes have all been important pieces of the attempts to reduce blunt trauma and propeller trauma with vessel strikes, from whatever cause, whether it be a wind farm ship, navy ship, cargo