Featured Video: Protecting Whales in Shipping Lanes from Ship Strikes

25 September 2017

A blue whale dives as a car carrier approaches. Photo credit: John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research (2008).

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is one of the best places in the world to see endangered blue whales. But these whales are also at risk from ship strikes.

Watch this video from NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries to learn about a unique program that brought shipping companies, nonprofits, and government agencies together to solve this problem and help protect whales!

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