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Researchers Wants West Coast Shipping Lanes Moved to Protect Blue Whales

One quarter of the world’s 10,000 blue whales spend time off the West Coast of the Americas.

(NEWPORT, Ore. ) - A comprehensive 15-year analysis of the movements of satellite-tagged blue whales off the West Coast of the United States found that their favored feeding areas are bisected by heavily used shipping lanes, increasing the threat of injury and mortality.