Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Oct 31
Dodging #NewYork traffic: hundreds of #humpback #whaless on a collision course with #ships
Cargo vessels, tankers, cruise ships, fishing boats and recreational craft all cross humpback feeding grounds in #NewYorkBight – size of Switzerland, stretching from southern #NewJersey to east #LongIsland and offshore to #HudsonCanyon
Studies show reducing ship speed to 10 knots (12mph) decreases strike likelihood & lethality. Currently, vessels 20m+ must travel no faster than 10kt
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/23/new-york-whales-shipping-bight
Dodging New York traffic: how hundreds of whales are on a collision course with ships and boats

Humpbacks are thriving in the warm waters off the coast of Manhattan but maritime restrictions have not kept pace

The Guardian
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Feb 16, 2024

New research reveals #NewYork Bight is an important year-round habitat for endangered #FinWhales https://phys.org/news/2024-02-reveals-york-bight-important-year.html

#FinWhale song characteristics and potential subpopulation identity in the #NewYorkBight: Carissa King-Nolan et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-52228-8

"The New York Bight buoys play a critical role in the protection of wildlife, like the fin #whale, in one of the busiest waterways in the world. The data collected lets industry, government, and the public know when #whales are nearby"

New research reveals New York Bight is an important year-round habitat for endangered fin whales

The New York Bight is an important year-round habitat for endangered fin whales, according to new research examining fin whale song patterns.

Phys.org