A new study led by Griffith University researchers has found that current risk assessments of vessel strikes on large whales, such as migrating humpback whales, may be underestimating the threat of smaller vessels, particularly from recreational vessels, not represented in Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) data. A new study led by Griffith University researchers has found that current risk assessments of vessel strikes on large whales, such as migrating humpback whales, may be underestimating the threat of smaller vessels, particularly from recreational vessels, not represented in Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) data. Plants & Animals Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Small vessels underestimated as strike risk to migrating whales, finds study
