Climate Change And Boat Strikes Are Killing Right Whales. Stronger Speed Limits Could Save Them

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When the cause of a right whale’s death can be determined, it is most often a strike by a boat or entanglement in fishing gear. Three young whales have been found dead this year, two of them with wounds from boat strikes and the third entangled in gear. One of the whales killed by a boat was a calf just a few months old.

Many of those same characteristics are what make right whales so vulnerable to human-caused dangers today. Because they’re often near the surface in the same waters frequented by fishing boats, harbor pilots, and shipping vessels headed into port, it’s easy for boats to collide with them.How You Can Help Refill LA's Aquifers By Capturing Stormwater At Home

Second, the change would apply the speed limits to smaller craft like fishing boats, rather than only ships over 65 feet. A leading boating industry group is speaking out against the expanded speed restrictions, arguing they could hurt small businesses in the recreational boating industry. In his statement, Hugelmeyer also pointed to new marine technologies aimed at detecting right whales in the water to reduce vessel strikes without expanding the speed rules.The tech “offers a lot of promise,” she said, but the speed limits are proven.

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