Slow down for Whales in Spain

[Caribbean Jake]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&a...22307299C184140

 

Madrid - Spain is advising ships passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, one of the world's busiest maritime lanes, to slow down and look out for whales.

 

The channel between Africa and Europe is a principal feeding ground for whales and several are hit each year, some killed or injured, by ships that do not see them or fail to change course.

 

In the first such initiative in Europe, the Spanish navy this month began recommending vessels go no faster than 13 knots and exercise maximum precaution at times of the year when sperm whales flock to the strait to feast on squid.

 

Marine biologist Renaud de Stephanis called the move an historic step that made Spain and the United States the only countries in the world to issue such whale warnings.

 

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[Caribbean Jake]

I will suggest they have a patrol boat issuing fines to does who don't obbey...

but who will implement this? tough call.