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Shipping Lanes Moved to Protect Right Whales source: World Wildlife Fund | Oct 31, 03 | submitted by Ryan

Saint John, New Brunswick - To better protect some of the world's most endangered whales from collisions with ships, Canadian authorities are changing the shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy beginning July 1. The move marks the first time shipping lanes have been altered to protect an endangered species. Over the last decade, ship collisions have been responsible for about 40 percent of all known North Atlantic right whale deaths.

North Atlantic right whales are one of the world's most endangered great whales. Only about 350 individuals remain and up to two-thirds of the population gathers in the Bay of Fundy each summer. A major shipping channel passes through the whales' summer feeding grounds there.

Industry and wildlife organizations have worked on the lane change over the past four years with Transport Canada, the government agency that regulates shipping. The groups applauded the change in shipping lanes.

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