Potential Benefits of Vessel Slowdowns on Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales

A voluntary commercial vessel slowdown trial was conducted through 16 nm of shipping lanes overlapping critical habitat of at-risk southern resident killer whales (SRKW) in the Salish Sea. From August 7 to October 6, 2017, the trial requested piloted vessels to slow to 11 knots speed-through-water....

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Main Authors: Ruth Joy, Dominic Tollit, Jason Wood, Alexander MacGillivray, Zizheng Li, Krista Trounce, Orla Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00344/full