Government promises action on collisions to avoid slaughter on busy shipping routesIn an office up a steep hill in a seaside suburb of Athens,a tiny blue light flickers from a computer terminal. Dr Alexandros Frantzis, Greece’s foremost oceanographer, and points it out. The light,he says, tracks marine traffic “in genuine time”.
It is key to saving one of the world’s most endangered whale populations.
At least one whale every year is killed as a result of a ship strike – a death rate the species in these parts cannot surviveContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com