WHOI in the News
New technology can keep whales safe from speeding ships
Cape Cod Researchers To Test New Camera That Could Protect Right Whales From Ships
The technology is a miniaturized version of a system originally designed to protect whales from underwater noises.
Data Lost, Ships Stalled, Lobsters Released: What Woods Hole Scientists Have Left Behind
WHOI researcher Aran Mooney talks about how the shutdown has affected research
In the Santa Barbara Channel, an underwater sound system tries to keep whales and ships apart
It has its limits, said Mark Baumgartner, a marine ecologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, who led the design of the system. The technology cannot pinpoint where whales are and can only tell scientists that whales have been heard in its coverage area.
Infrared Cameras Could Help Ships Avoid Whales
An interview with Dan Zitterbart, a WHOI scientist who is testing a new thermal infrared imaging system to detection whales in busy waterways to prevent ship strikes.
Can Song-Loving Robots Help Save Whales From Ships?
article on whales and ship strikes quotes Mark Baumgartner
Fleet Week kicks off with annual Parade of Ships
mentions R/V Neil Armstrong in Parade of Ships
Ships Parade Kicks off NY Fleet Week
mentions R/V Neil Armstrong and WHOI
Ships sail into New York for Fleet Week celebration
mentions WHOI
Navy seals as you’ve never seen them before: Warships set to use hi tech sensors based on the animal’s whiskers
pick up of Associated Press article quoting Andrea Bogolmni
The seal whiskerers: Navy looks to sea life for new ships
quotes Andrea Bogomolni and mentions WHOI
Commercial Ships Could Be Quieter, but They Aren’t
quotes Max Kaplan and mentions WHOI
New Ships Join the US Research Fleet
mentions WHOI and R/V Neil Armstrong
Changing the Deadly Collision Course Between Ships & Whales
editorial by Michael Moore
As ships approach, blue whales don’t know what to do
mentions WHOI
Baker Administration Pushes Legislature For Climate Resiliency Funds
Murray said buoys, research ships and other coastal monitoring systems would be critical to predicting weather patterns and preparing for impacts on food supplies and local economies built around fishing.
On the Verge of Extinction, These Whales Are Also Shrinking
Most of the 360 or so North Atlantic right whales alive today bear scars from entanglements in fishing gear and collisions with speeding ships and, according to new study, they are much smaller than they should be. According to the authors of the new study, the best way to ensure the continued survival of the species is to pressure fishery managers in the United States and Canada to significantly reduce the amount of rope-based fishing gear and implement ship speed limits in the North Atlantic. “We all consume goods moved by the sea, and many eat lobsters,” said Michael Moore, a senior scientist with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and co-author of the study. “If we all were to demand these management changes of our elected officials the situation would change drastically.”