Whale-Ship Strikes: News Releases

September 12, 2007  CANADA ADVANCES RIGHT WHALE PROTECTIONS WHILE U.S. STALLS — White House Blocking Ship Speed Limits to Accommodate Foreign Flag Shippers

August 14, 2007  WHITE HOUSE WAITING GAME ON WHALE SAFEGUARDS — Time Is Running Out for Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale

July 12, 2007  WHITE HOUSE BLOCKS SEA SPEED LIMITS FOR SAVING WHALES — Foreign Shipping Companies Opposed; Council of Economic Advisors Involved

June 23, 2006  NOAA ADOPTING SHIP SPEED LIMITS TO SAVE THE RIGHT WHALE — Ship Strikes are Largest Threat to Critically Endangered Marine Mammal

May 31, 2006  COAST GUARD BACKS NEW SHIPPING LANES FOR ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE — Altered Harbor Approaches to Reduce Ship Strikes on Endangered Marine Mammal

January 12, 2006  ANOTHER RIGHT WHALE CALF KILLED OFF FLORIDA—TAIL SLICED OFF — Petition to the Coast Guard for Safety Zone to Slow Ships Crossing Whales’ Habitat

July 11, 2005  COAST GUARD BLOCKS RIGHT WHALE SAFETY STEPS — Commandant Spurns NOAA Pleas for Voluntary Advisory Urging Caution

June 8, 2005  RULE DELAYS DOOM RIGHT WHALE TO EXTINCTION, TOP ADVISOR SAYS — Marine Mammal Commission Call for Emergency Ship Strike Safeguards Ignored

January 13, 2005  NAVY MOVES TO PREVENT MORE RIGHT WHALE DEATHS — Temporary Protections Should Be Made Permanent, Group Says

December 16, 2004  ANOTHER RIGHT WHALE FEARED DEAD THIS WEEK — New Carcass Off Nantucket; One Percent of Population May Have Perished

November 30, 2004  NAVY KILLS PREGNANT RIGHT WHALE IN MID-ATLANTIC — Second Pregnant Female Victim of Ship Strike This Year

November 3, 2004  RIGHT WHALE TO BE STUDIED TO EXTINCTION — Latest Protection Plan Is "Too Little, Too Late"

July 13, 2004  WHALE WATCHING TAKES TOLL ON WHALES — Whale Watching is Second Leading Cause of Ship Collisions Regulations Stalled for Four Years

July 1, 2004  WHALE PROTECTIONS RARELY ENFORCED — No Prosecutions for Ships Running Down Whales

May 25, 2004  WHALES DECIMATED BY SHIP STRIKES — NOAA Considering Speed Limits, Buffers and Ship Course Rules in Atlantic