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Four steps to curb ‘ocean roadkill’

There is increasing evidence that ship strikes are a major cause of mortality for whales, sharks and other ocean giants. With the global fleet growing, some simple actions can turn things around.
  1. Freya C. Womersley

    1. Freya C. Womersley is a doctoral candidate at the Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Plymouth, UK, and at Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, UK.

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  2. Alexandra Loveridge

    1. Alexandra Loveridge is a postdoctoral researcher at the Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Plymouth, UK.

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    1. David W. Sims is a senior research fellow at the Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Plymouth, UK, and a professor of marine ecology at Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, UK.

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Close-up of the dead body of a whale hooked on the bow of a cargo ship

A whale killed in a collision with a ship lies across the bow as the vessel docks in Marseilles, France. Credit: Boris Horvat/AFP via Getty

Humanity and some of the world’s most charismatic wildlife are on a collision course in the oceans.

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Nature 621, 34-38 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02729-9

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