Many vessels not complying with whale protection slowdown orders

摘要

According to Oceana Canada, during a recent week 72 percent of vessels were observed exceeding a voluntary 10 knot slowdown through the Cabot Strait, a key passage for endangered North Atlantic right whales as they migrate into the Gulf of St. Lawrence in search of food. The highest observed speed - 21.1 knots - was a Canadian cargo ship. Oceana Canada used data from Global Fishing Watch collected between May 19 and 25, 2020, within the context of ongoing analysis of vessel speeds in a voluntary slowdown zone in the Cabot Strait. Part of the largest international advocacy group dedicated to ocean conservation, Ottawa-based Oceana Canada was established in 2015.