In And Out Of Harm's Way

摘要

Just a few more miles or a few more minutes. That's what scientists and some federal managers think it would take to improve the plight of the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale.rnNo more than 350 survive, and ship strikes are a leading cause of death for the whales, which live near and migrate through high-traffic coastal waters. Researchers are proposing that the U.S. government adjust shipping lanes around some ports and slow ships in other East Coast waters.rnThe "ship-strike reduction strategy" would reroute ships away from key breeding and feeding grounds; in other places, it would establish seasonal speed limits within 30 miles of the coast, perhaps slowing ships to 12 knots, about half the normal speed of many container ships and cruise ships.