Dear MARMAM community,
My coauthors and I are happy to share our recent publication modeling ship-strike risk to blue, fin, humpback, and sperm whales across the world's oceans. Nisi A.C., Welch H., Brodie S., Leiphardt C., Rhodes R., Hazen E.L., Redfern J.V., Branch T.A., Barreto A.S., Calambokidis J., Clavelle T., Dares L., de Vos A., Gero S., Jackson J.A., Kenney R.D., Kroodsma D., Leaper R., McCauley D.J., Moore S., Ovsyanikova E., Panigada S., Robinson C.V., White T., Wilson J., Abrahms B. Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans. *Science*386,870-875 (2024). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp1950 Abstract: After the near-complete cessation of commercial whaling, ship collisions have emerged as a primary threat to large whales, but knowledge of collision risk is lacking across most of the world’s oceans. We compiled a dataset of 435,000 whale locations to generate global distribution models for four globally ranging species. We then combined >35 billion positions from 176,000 ships to produce a global estimate of whale-ship collision risk. Shipping occurs across 92% of whale ranges, and <7% of risk hotspots contain management strategies to reduce collisions. Full coverage of hotspots could be achieved by expanding management over only 2.6% of the ocean’s surface. These inferences support the continued recovery of large whales against the backdrop of a rapidly growing shipping industry. If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch - my email is [email protected]. Best, Anna -- Anna Nisi, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar University of Washington Email: [email protected]
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