Shipping companies agree to slow down to save whales
By Geoff Cumming
Shipping companies have agreed to slow down and alter course in the Hauraki Gulf in an effort to save an endangered resident whale.
A protocol between Ports of Auckland and the shipping industry aims to reduce fatalities from ship strikes, which take a significant toll on New Zealand’s Bryde’s whale population and other marine mammals …
New Zealand Herald – 5:30 AM Saturday Sep 21, 2013
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