Endangered 50,000 pound whale found dead on bow of cruise ship docking in Brooklyn
A cruise ship docked in Brooklyn over the weekend with a gruesome passenger pinned to its bow: a dead, 50,000-pound endangered sei whale.
“While the investigation into the suspected cause of death for this sei whale is still ongoing, the risks to large whales from ship strikes remain a great concern in our region,” wrote Howard Rosenbaum, director of the Ocean Giants Program at Wildlife Conservation Society, via email. A spokesperson for the operator of the ship, MSC Cruises, said the company has protocols to avoid crashing into whales. Deck officers receive training on protecting marine life and the company sometimes alters its itineraries to avoid areas where whales have been spotted.
"Cruise ships are a common cause of whale mortality around the world,” wrote Danielle Brown, director of research at Gotham Whale. “Whales feed inside the shipping channels that these vessels use to transit to and from ports in New York and New Jersey.”to the Departments of Commerce, Transportation and Homeland Security requesting that they enforce ship speed restrictions in the New York and New Jersey ports for vessels longer than 65 feet.
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