Insane Solution to Protect Whales Mandatory Speed Limits - Mass Marine Suicides

Science supports a really easy solution, says Jones, and that's mandatory speed limits. The Centre for Biological Diversity petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service in April for a required 10 knot speed limit for large ships in whale habitat to safeguard other species, including the endangered blue whale. When a ship is travelling at that pace, whales have a better chance of swimming away from it. The non-profit, which sued the government earlier this year for failing to meet Endangered Species Act requirements, also claims that shipping routes should be changed, and ships travelling north and south along the coast should move farther offshore to avoid areas where whales are most likely to be found.