Comments on: Enter the Kingdom of the Blue Whale http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/enter-the-kingdom-of-the-blue-whale/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/enter-the-kingdom-of-the-blue-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-5782 Brian Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:40:11 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=2803#comment-5782 I know you guys know this already but it isn't just Canada that is moving shipping lanes to reduce ship strikes. The U.S. has done it in the Atlantic along with implementing speed limits. See: http://www.nero.noaa.gov/shipstrike/doc/rm.html I know you guys know this already but it isn’t just Canada that is moving shipping lanes to reduce ship strikes. The U.S. has done it in the Atlantic along with implementing speed limits. See: http://www.nero.noaa.gov/shipstrike/doc/rm.html

]]> By: Peter http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/enter-the-kingdom-of-the-blue-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-5760 Peter Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:00:25 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=2803#comment-5760 These discussions are underway, with rules in effect for shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy in order to help protect the remaining northern right whale population, which is considerably worse off than blues, as I understand it. Only 300-400 remain. Here's a link from National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0305_030305_tvrightwhales.html These discussions are underway, with rules in effect for shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy in order to help protect the remaining northern right whale population, which is considerably worse off than blues, as I understand it. Only 300-400 remain.

Here’s a link from National Geographic:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0305_030305_tvrightwhales.html

]]> By: Kevin Zelnio http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/enter-the-kingdom-of-the-blue-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-5759 Kevin Zelnio Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:33:28 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=2803#comment-5759 They mentioned how their research might help change shipping lanes. I'd like a follow up on that someday. They mentioned how their research might help change shipping lanes. I’d like a follow up on that someday.

]]> By: Peter http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/enter-the-kingdom-of-the-blue-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-5752 Peter Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:19:22 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=2803#comment-5752 I thought it was a good story about scientific teamwork, well told, very informative. The thing that troubled me most was the incidence of ship strikes in and around the Channel Islands of Southern California. I wish something could be done about this. I thought it was a good story about scientific teamwork, well told, very informative. The thing that troubled me most was the incidence of ship strikes in and around the Channel Islands of Southern California. I wish something could be done about this.

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