Simple actions can be taken to prevent the deaths of whales, sharks and other ocean giants caused by collisions with ships, argue David Sims and colleagues in a Comment published in this week's Nature. 'Humanity and some of the world's most charismatic wildlife are on a collision course in the oceans,' they write.
—has doubled in size in just 16 years. Between 2014 and 2050, shipping traffic is expected to rise by up to 1,200%.
These numbers, combined with data on where shipping networks overlap with the movements and aggregations of marine animals, together with assessments of the effects of ship strikes on certain species, present an alarming picture, explain the authors. The data suggest that"ship strikes could be helping to drive the population decline of many animals, leading to profound effects throughout their ecosystems.
More hopefully, Sims and co-authors argue that, compared with other threats to marine biodiversity such as pollution and, the problem of ship strikes harming wildlife is tractable.
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